I am truly honored. I hope every blood donation I gave was able to help save a life. I always wonder about how the recipients are doing, and what circumstances led them to need a life saving blood transfusion. The blood bank keeps all of that private for security reasons, of course, along with the name of the donors who donate. I just hope it all helped.
I faint after (or sometimes while) giving blood. After a couple times they told me thanks for trying, but they don’t want to have to deal with that again so please don’t. I could probably do a half donation but they don’t take those. I used to donate plasma without problem but there is no location to do that near where I live.