The Oracle of Apollo Snippets from the life of Apollo Lee

Blood Day

After bumping my appointment twice, I headed down to the blood donation center in Cupertino. They have a long questionnaire that prospective donors have to fill out every time. I filled it out, got tested for anemia, had my blood pressure tested (109 / 64).

The procedure took very little time. The big poke in the arm wasn’t too bad and I got to help out people who are in a dire emergency.

Do you donate blood?

I used to give blood fairly regularly – but I haven’t since I moved. I think I figure I have so little time, but it’s definitely something worth making time for. I like to think of it as giving back to the community without really doing anything.