Am I Mad?
I've had a fear of needles all my life, not really bad, but when I go to have blood tests I always have to look away as they insert the needle and seeing my own blood going into the tubes makes me a little queasy.
Well, I don't know why, but also for a long time I've wanted to donate blood. I've never done it before because my weight has always been my excuse not to do so many things. But lately I've been thinking more and more about donating. There is actually an opportunity for me to donate a week on Thursday, and I'm now seriously considering it.
This journey, losing the weight and getting fit have totally changed me, inside and out, and I now constantly want to challenge myself and do things I never thought I would, donating blood being one of them.
But taking into account my fear of needles etc, do you think this is something I'd be mad doing? I don't know how I will react when I actually get there, if I'll be calmer than I expect or freak out and not be able to go through with it, but it's something else I really want to tick off my list of things I would never have had the courage to do before.
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