Good for you, Ron, & all the other blood donors! With the ever increasing number of restrictions on who can give blood, it's important for those of us who still can give to give as often as possible.

I'm up to 95 pints & looking forward to reaching my long-term goal of joining the Century Club, soon, not that I'll stop donating after I reach that goal.

The last couple of donations I've been giving a double dose, where they siphon off twice the amount of hemoglobin of a regular donation & return the plasma. It's kind of a weird sensation at first because the plasma is pumped back into you slightly chilled, so it's literally a "cool" thing to do! A great way to chill during the summer...

I've been giving the last 4 years kilted, so the donation folks all know me (plus the fact that I always sign-in in mirror-image).

For those of you on the forum who have never given blood, please give it serious consideration. Not only is it a life-saving service to your community, but as others have pointed out it has a lot of healthy benefits for the donor, too, & it really doesn't hurt. The only side-effect I notice is that I'm more easily winded for a day or two (because there's temporarily less red-blood cells to carry oxygen). Just do it!

And when it comes to my blood type, well that's just another way of proving that I'm A+ kind of guy!