Needles

http://www.blood.co.uk/

Firstly, apologies to anyone that's squeamish, this isn't too bad and I don't go into any gory details. Also, I know I've mentioned it before but I thought it was worth a second mention.

Today, for the first time in over nine months, I went to the blood bank, not to take out a loan but to make a small deposit. Over the years I've seen friends and family go into hospital for way too many reasons to go into right now. I know this is going to sound like a complete cliche but some of them would not have walked out of hospital if it were not for the fact that someone, somewhere said “go ahead, stick a needle in my arm”.

To this day, I still have to look away when they stick the needle in but the rest of it is pretty straight forward, there is no pain! I can't stress this enough, this really is a 'zero effort' thing to do. So visit their website, give them a call and book an appointment, it takes no time at all.

Maybe someday, you or somebody you love has to rely on a transfusion, if this happens then, most likely, there is no alternative..... pay it forward.