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The Pill culture is spreading far and wide very easily. I was wondering whether I should discuss this on a blog about blood donation or not and decided to do it any way. Because it is importtant to let you all know of the dangers of going the Pill Way. A Pill seems like an easy solutions to all our complicated problems. You don’t get sleep you take Valium. You can’t ejaculate you take the blue pill so and on. We somehow have been convinced that a pill is a simple solution to almost all our problems. But wait for a moment and just think about this idea. We take pills because we are told they are an easy soultion. Who told you? the TV? Your doctor? Who specifically? Those who advertise want to sell more and make money. If taking that pill really solves your problem, what do you think will happen to the profits of the drug company? To make sure they stay in business, they will only make and advertise and sell you pill that can get you hooked. The pill that can make your symptoms go away for a while. So when you take a pill, you are not looking at a cure but a temporary solution. Keep this in mind. The drug companies have become so good in this business and have made so much money doing this that now they are in the same place as Big Oil Companies which ensure no alternates to Oil are ever invented or marketed to the masses. They run a behind the scene, secretive campaigns to destabilize any alternative treatments methods that may come up to cure problems. For example one of my friends called Ted who went to a doctor to talk about how he can overcome social anxiety and shynes was suggested a pill called paroxetine. he did not feel right about so he came over to chat about this issue. I convinced him not to take the pill and try other simpler way of dealing with such issues. I sent him to a friend of mine who practices Hypnosis and NLP. Within a couple of weeks Ted was beating shyness with a broomstick and his confidence did wonders to his career. Hypnosis is known to cure may of the metal problems we have and although I agree there are not as many skilled Hypnotherapists around. Even if you do not have a hypnotherapists you can get hold of a good Hypnosis program to overcome shyness and social anxiety. Have look at this site for details on overcoming shyness  I hear ads asking for more blood donors every day but they are making it more & more difficult to donate blood. I used to donate but now they don’t want it ‘cos I’ve visited Thailand. They’re just trying to protect people. I had an uncle who had knee surgery in the late 80’s and he got hepatitus C from his transfusion. Its not something to take lightly, and not everyone shares your opinion on preffering to die later. I, for one, would prefer to die quietly and painlessly on an operating table tomorrow than to die a horrible, painful death from HIV, Malaria, or Hepatitus in ten years. I’m sure they could do tests, but then again, there may be pathogens that they can’t detect that you might have come into contact with in Thailand. I wish I could donate, but I’m anemic, and my doc won’t let me… The shortage should get better soon though. With exeptions i mean if a family member need a blood transfusion are allowed to donate blood? It’s because people with tattoos are at risk for hepatitis from dirty needles used in the tattooing process, so the Red Cross doesn’t take them. And I don’t think there are exceptions… but you can always ask. I tried to donate blood but they said that since I had lived on a military base in Turkey in 1989 that I was not eligible. Does anyone know why? Just curious. because of the people you may have come in contact with during that time I studied in Europe for four years in the 80’s recently I decided to be a good citizen and donate blood (yesterday). I was told that anyone who spent 4 years in certain countries in the 80’s is not allowed to be a blood donor. I wonder who the Europeans get their blood from? It depends on where you lived and the cumulative time you were there. To simply quote the American Red Cross Any person who lived in certain parts of the world during certain times are unable to donate due to the risk of the human variant of Mad Cow Disease. The human variant is called variant Creutzfeld-Jacob Disease (vCJD) which is also a fatal brain disease. Scientists believe that vCJD is Mad Cow Disease that has somehow transferred to humans, possibly through the food chain. There is now evidence from a small number of case reports involving patients and laboratory animal studies that vCJD can be transmitted through transfusion. There is no test for vCJD in humans that could be used to screen blood donors and to protect the blood supply. This means that blood programs must take special precautions to keep vCJD out of the blood supply by avoiding collections from those who have been where this disease is found. At this time, the American Red Cross donor eligibility rules related to vCJD are as follows: You are not eligible to donate if: From January 1, 1980, through December 31, 1996, you spent (visited or lived) a cumulative time of 3 months or more, in the United Kingdom (UK), or Channel Islands From 1980 through 1990 – Belgium, the Netherlands (Holland), or Germany in the UK from 1980 through 1996 as listed in above |
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