Glad I got to do it. Loaded up a long YouTube documentary I was meaning to watch on the TV and had a pretty smooth donation. Was still very cold and fidgety because of that during the donation, even after bundling up and asking for a blanket.

  • PhatalFlaw@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    16 hours ago

    I take an iron supplement a few days before donating, it both nearly guarantees I hit my hemoglobin numbers, and also makes me feel better after.

    • Pencilnoob@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      9 hours ago

      I’ll have to try that out next time!

      I wonder if switching to cast iron for almost every meal and eating way more greens and beans (vegetarian) this last few months is why I felt so good after. Maybe my iron was high from those environmental sources. It would be a bummer that I don’t have a mutant healing power gained from donating so much, but I’ll take that healthy eating has such a powerful effect.