Blood Donation

                                   Blood donation 110th, 06 Sept 2024

I promised myself, if GOD gives me health, then I will donate blood.
I asked GOD to extend my life by 5 years. I calculated that I donate 4 times a year, 

so I can donate blood 20 times. Without realizing it, 5 years have passed.
I am grateful and continue to donate blood 3 times a year 4 times.
Then I had to postponed for one year because I went to a malaria area in 2008.

Thankfully during this one year waiting time, 

Blood Canada needed my AB, Rh+ blood for research.

I could not make a plasma donation.
The first time,i donated plasma,  I felt itchy and numb around my lips.
It helped after I got Cacium lozenges. 

The second plasma donation, my whole body was shaking.

Finally the nurse said that I could not donate plasma anymore.

Covid arrived
I got ADRS at Diamond Princess in February 2020. 

Praise the Lord I was treated at Yokohama hospital, Japan.
After that I assumed, I couldn't donate blood.
Then I started to donate blood again after seeing a poster "Blood Canada needed you"
In August 2021 I started donating again with trying to do it more often.
I am grateful that I can donate five times a year.

First time blood donation
 I donated blood for the first time as a student of FKUI.
Because all prospective students are required to donate blood.

The most memorable was when I donated blood for the second time.
My niece Shinta was seriously ill and needed a transfusion. I gave my blood to her.
Not just my blood, but my heart, mind and everything... and she was cured!

Then I routinely donated blood to PMI in Kramat Raya, Jakarta.

Moving to Manado 1983-1988, I continued to donate. Only the request was not much:

"We will call if your blood is needed."

Getting healthier by donating blood

Until now, I feel healthy and fit. 

Blood donation plays a lot of roles in making the body healthy. 

Blood cells have a 120-day cycle. 

Therefore, the body accelerates the production of new blood, 

with the donation 

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