Hari Pengsan Sedunia

Assalamualaikum W.B.T

Bissihah wa rehah everyone!

I guess itulah the first and the last. Sebab itulah ada peribahasa 'Ukur baju di badan sendiri'

Keinginan untuk memberi sudah lama ada, cuma masih ragu-ragu tentang kebolehan diri dan kemampuan diri untuk bertahan. Nampaknya pengalaman kali ini, membuktikan bahawa saya bukanlah orang untuk memberi, tapi mungkin menerima!

I passed the blood pressure examination and for the weight I heard 35 kg. I was about 50 kg, so kira pass lah.. There was no other relevant test as they usually had to qualify you to donate your blood. So simple!

Mungkin mereka really2 shortage of blood, so they had to loosen the qualifications a bit.

*TAPI SEBENARNYA WEIGHT REQUIREMENT IS 55 KG! DOCTOR SALAH SEBUT!*

Kami pergi bertiga. Kadang-kadang memang ada blood donation center dekat Uni. So, this time entah mana datang excitation, bravery, courage, and idea untuk pergi menderma.

It was fine actually. Nothing serious happened to me along the process. Cuma tourniquet tu ketat dan sakit sikit. Eventhough the needle was bigger than usual, the pain was the same like the small one. No, actually tak sakit pun! Nurse tu sangat cekap mencari vein.. Inspired to be good and skilled as well. :)

The bag almost full. Ok, nurse pun started withdrawn the needle.. Haa, this time, I got dizzy. Kepala rasa ringan je, and blurry vision.

"Doctor, I think I'm gonna faint...."
"No! No! You're good! You're not going to faint!"
"No doctor.. Seriously, I'm gonna faaaint...."

Yeah! Here goes me! Fainted after donated the blood. Tak cool langsung!

But, vasovagal reaction is really not cool and fun at all. It was like impending death. Memang rasa nak mati time tu... I never imagine donating blood can be so severe macam ni.

Loss of conscious as if you're out of this world. Bila dah sedar, mind betul2 disoriented. The first thing I saw was my hand. Tapi, tak boleh nak process that was a hand!! Menakutkan!!
After a while, baru oriented. And muka doctor cuak kot..

Then feel nausea, dizzy, numbness but after a while back as usual, tapi of course lah weaker.
Balik rumah terus tidur.. Haih, memag diri ini tak bersedia memberi lagi. This morning still rasa headache and dizzy.

Even experience kali ini tak cool langsung, tapi I've done my part. Alhamdulillah, still alive today :)

 *The impending death part is not a play guys!*

So sesiapa yang kat luar sana yang sihat walafiat, BMI yang bagus, heamglobin count ok, takde anemia, takde masalah jantung, hati  pergilah menderma darah.. Qualification dah ada, tapi tak nak guna membazir lah.
Sesapa yang rasa terlebih darah, bolehlah memberi. Bukan semua orang dapat memberi, the chosen one je yang dapat. Untunglah kalian dapat memberi.. Ada jer yang nak memberi, tapi kena reject! Sedih tahu kena reject!! Facing rejection is not easy... 

Managed to fill this bag with my blood. Semoga apa yang diberi, bermakna untuk yang menerima.

Don't worry, your bone marrow still able to produce RBC if you loose some.. :)

It maybe my first and the last, but who knows, if I gain more weight and eat well, I might be able to give again..

So eat well Adilah, n don't faint again! Tak macho dan cool langsung...

Mari penuhkan blood bank di hospital!! Semoga amal kalian dipandang Allah...

p/s: Out ouf 3 yang menderma, 2 blacked out.. Who said donating blood is easy? But feel great accomplished one!