I have donated, but wouldn't accept. Can't donate atm due to the drugs I have to take though. I've seen my family die from leukaemia and I wish there were a bloodless alternative for that. I've seen them start to recover then back in bed because someone donated then got a cold the next week and didn't say. I'd rather funds went into finding bloodless alternatives than convincing people to donate. After having researched it Biblically and scientifically I don't think I would donate again. I really think we need to push a medical "blood" rather than someone's blood.

Having said that, I used to take blood and make autologous eye drops from the plasma. But that's from the patient to the patient and no-one else gets the blood. That was fantastic and really helped healing. I'd do that again in a shot. (It was really interesting too - well, not the spinning and seperating and making little tubes of plasma, but the theory was.)

I had a blood product (anti-D) forced on me after Liebling's birth. I looked at my notes and I DIDN'T NEED IT. I am still very cross about that.