records

[bertine]

today i smashed my previous record of 7 mins 22 secs at giving a pint of blood. it now stands at 6 mins 14 secs.

i wonder if there is a way to train myself to go under 5 mins.

Comments

[f-o-n-y.livejournal.com]

i'm not sure if the race to gush volumes of blood is a wise decision, actually.

[sacramentalist.livejournal.com]

Wow! I didn't realize you were such a sanguine person.

Perhaps you should run around the block a couple times before donating.

Or think about Brad Pitt or something...

[bertine.livejournal.com]

see, i just hate that it takes so long. why can't they vacuum it out of you or something?

[f-o-n-y.livejournal.com]

well. i'm guessing because you would die?

[bertine.livejournal.com]

dork!

nah, i think it all has to do with drinking lots and lots of water the day before.

[f-o-n-y.livejournal.com]

she's actually more choleric. you should see it when she donates bile. goddamn.

[bertine.livejournal.com]

SIGH

i am sure someone could figure a non-lethal way to do it.

did i tell you i am on a short list for being a bone marrow transplant. i am all weirded out by this now.

[bertine.livejournal.com]

:P

[f-o-n-y.livejournal.com]

yeah, because that's one of the most painful surgeries ever. that's not so hot.

[sacramentalist.livejournal.com]

Choleric?

I always get cholera, cholic, and choleric mixed up. Good thing they never come up in conversation.

Until TODAY!!!

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Bertine? Isn't that a Flemish name?

[sacramentalist.livejournal.com]

They should attach a spigot right to your aorta.

[f-o-n-y.livejournal.com]

i think i'm probably the only human who often discusses the four humours, actually. hmm.

'bertine' comes from the sanskrit word 'bahteen', meaning 'squeaky'.

[sharya.livejournal.com]

Every single time the blood drive has come around, I've been sick. Now I guess I won't be giving anything for a while now eh?

[sacramentalist.livejournal.com]

Drinking water might help, but to keep up your haemoglobin, perhaps you should pump iron?

Ba dum, bum!

[jayp39.livejournal.com]

I have never timed myself, but I have managed to give blood so fast that I almost passed out...

[bertine.livejournal.com]

my cousin did it and said it wasn't too bad.

i am hoping that someone else is a better bet.

[bertine.livejournal.com]

like in the movie dune?

[ludomancer.livejournal.com]

I hear the Samurai had a pretty neat trick for this.

[sacramentalist.livejournal.com]

You read my mind.

[bertine.livejournal.com]

:p

i aake a multi-vitamin. that is good.

[bertine.livejournal.com]

SHUT UP!

[bertine.livejournal.com]

Norwegian

[bertine.livejournal.com]

i am not sure, can you give blood while you know?

[bertine.livejournal.com]

LOL

i have never passed out while givng blood but i did afterward once when it was really hot. it wouldn't have been so bad if i hadn't been driving at the time.

[bertine.livejournal.com]

oh, really... i need to find a samurai to teach me the trick of blood giving