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Blood, Sweat & TearsA Donor’s Story
Rick Mills
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Introduction
• Me: -
• A Recipient• A O+ Donor • An Ambassador
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Recipient
• Being a Recipient
– 1978– Routine Tonsilectomy / Adanoinactomy– Post Op Haemorrhage– Life Saving
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Irregular Donor
• Being a blasé donor.• Infrequent donations
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TEARS of sadness
• A Life Changing Experience
– Summer 2007• 18 weeks pregnant, bleeding.• Diagnosed – Placenta Previa (Grade 4)• 24 weeks 4 days – Waters Break / Labour• 13 Units of Whole Blood, 2 Platelets, 2 Plasma• Loss of Our Son, Christian.
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TEARS of fears
• 2009– Pregnancy a day by day affair.– Early pregnancy monitoring at St. Mary’s Hospital
Manchester– Early diagnosis of Placenta Previa– 33 Weeks – Waters break / bleeding.
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Tears of Joy
– Semi-elective caesarian– Birth of Amy Hannah Louise– 6 units of whole blood (1 from Cell Saver unit)
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SWEAT• Raising Awareness and
encouraging new Blood Donors through the #bloodnotmoneycampaign.
• To remain an active Blood Donor for as long as I can, meant losing weight to remain sustainably healthy
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Supporting the NHSBT
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Thank You – from all of us.