THE NEXT STEP

7/8/2014

So after filling out my health questionnaire, and answering hilarious questions like:

1. In the past 12 months, have you given money, drugs, or other payment for sex OR have you had sex, even once, with anyone who has taken money, drugs or other payment in exchange for sex in the past 5 years? UMMM..NO??!!

2. FEMALE DONORS ONLY: In the past 12 months, have you had sex with a male who has had sex, even once, with another male in the past 5 years? This one is just laughable...

Seriously now...why are these questions even necessary, all they did was provide me with a good laugh.

My next step is to get my blood drawn, right here in good old Bangaaah, ME. The blood test is to make sure I don't have any diseases and to reaffirm my typing with the patient I've matched. Also for those of you that want to know:
No, I do not know anything about the person I have been matched with, I hope I can possibly meet them, or at the very least get some basic info about him/her.

I also just found out that I only qualify for one donation method. So here is the condensed version of the two procedures
1. one way is super easy and not very painful, as easy as drawing your blood
2. the latter requires general anesthesia and they insert a hollow needle into your back, it requires more recovery time and is fairly painful.

So guess which one I qualify for?? DING DING DING, you got it, option 2. I'm not impressed. Apparently, DKMS is concerned that since I had a concussion in high school, and lost consciousness, they don't want to risk my health. I appreciate their concern, but I don't think anyone is gung ho about hopping up on the operating table.

So here goes nothing, going to get my blood drawn next week.

 P.S. Did I mention I have never had my blood drawn or had surgery....EVER?, yea...kind of freaking out ;)