Blood Donations

[FordFan86]

Just wanting to know if anyone here donates blood?
I heard on the radio and read in the paper that they were running low on a couple of blood types so I thought I may aswell.
I unfortunately didn't get to give much. I'd been drinking tea and coffee all day (bad, dehydrates ya) and only had a few glasses of water and OJ. She put the needle in and it was ok for a few seconds, then she forgot to loosen the torniquet. My whole arm was really really tingling badly, she had to take it out and I felt like I could have just about fainted. I'll be going again in 3 months tho, making sure I've had a mega feed before hand with a hell of a lot of water.