Blood donation blood donation i haven't donated blood because i was afraid of being painful and i heard that it might cause some problems on your body after blood donation even though it doesn't happen frequently and it's not that serious. i remember an organization held a blood drive on campus and a woman came up to me and asked to donate blood. i hand't thought of that till then, so i was a little embarrassed and left her quickly. now i come to think of it, i was so ashamed. i shouldn't have do that. but a couple of weeks ago all of a sudden i felt like donating blood. there is a "cafe for blood donation" near my home and i went there. it was Monday but there were lots of people and most of them looked like students. i filled out an application and read the notice. blood donors had to have an brief interview with a nurse in order to make sure their blood is suitable for a transfusion to other people. i waited for my turn and the nurse took a blood sample from my left third finger. after few minutes she said i couldn't donate blood because i don't have enough iron to do that. i'm not anemic but it's just not enough to donate. so i couldn't help it and just came back home. i told my friend this story and she said that she was told the same thing so she took iron pills for blood donation. i think that's a good idea and i'm going to buy iron pills. blood donation is an easy way to save other people's life and i will be able to receive help from other people for free when i need a transfusion due to an accident if i have certificates of blood donation(normally you have to charge for a transfusion). have you ever donated blood? how was it? :D