Actually I’m O positive, but I want this whole blog malarkey to be a positive thing so I’m making allowances for a bit of poetic licence. So…what is this blog about? Well, to be blunt…blood. Yep, the red stuff, the vampire’s choice of drink, the thing of nightmares for some, but for the unlucky few the life giving, life saving, miraculous gift of life. My business is the bloodbusiness. The ups and downs the stabs and spills, the pricks, the tubes, the bags, the woozy heads, the cups of tea, the orange clubs, but most of all the people. The people who donate blood…their stories. The people who take their blood, transport their blood, process their blood and need their blood. Saving lives is a bloody business, but someone has to do it.
I work for the Blood Service and I hear stories from donors every day. Some are sad, some are funny and some are inspirational. The job is fascinating and I wanted to record the stories and my experiences on a site that is easily accessed. I have submitted a few entries to NHS Blood and Transplant, but they choose photos I have taken and make slight changes. It isn't an easy site for people to find and see their story so I am branching out on my own. I must stress that this blog is NOT an official NHSBT blog and everything in it is purely from my own personal experience and stories that I have been told. I won't use real names unless I am given permission and I won't use photos of people unless they give me their permission.
I have worked for the Blood Service for just over four years and I love my job. I am 'on the shop floor' as I stick needles into donor's arms and take their donation. I am your friendly neighbourhood vampire.
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