The Importance of being a Blood Donor

Emotional Health for Emotional Wealth The View From a Therapist's Office by Susan Jane Smith On the 13th May I almost died. I had what was supposed to be a simple operation which led to complications. I bled internally and was on life support. I needed 8 units of blood and plasma! Luckily I am blood group O RH Positive so the blood was available. Both my husband and I have been blood donors for years. You could say I got back a bit of what I had given. It saved my life. I will never know whose blood I received so cannot thank them personally. I am grateful though as without the blood donors I would not be alive today.

If you are not already a blood donor please consider doing so. Also please think through being an organ donor...right at the end of consciousness I said to the operating team that I was an organ donor and to save any bit of me worth saving! I have no idea how my mind remembered that! I had been unconscious for hours. I also ended with saying "if there is anything worth saving". At 66 yrs with a variety of health issues there might not be any organs of use.

Since I was so near to death it has made me review life since recovering. This will be my last blog as my priorities have changed. My books (especially "Emotional Health for Emotional Wealth") will continue to be available via Amazon and the other online bookstores. I am, however, coming off social media as I simply do not want to spend what time I have left on the computer.

I wish you all the best and thank you for reading my blogs. As Susan Jeffers book says "End the Struggle and Dance with Life".
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Published on June 03, 2016 00:16 Tags: blood-donor, organ-donor
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