Blood Donation
Aug. 10th, 2023 10:10 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ndrosenI was signed up to donate blood at 10:00 AM, and I didn’t want to give the recipients too much caffeine, which might not be good for them, so, although I drank a mug of green tea with breakfast, as usual, I didn’t follow it with a cup of instant coffee, as I usually do on weekdays. I planned on going to Sprigs after the donation, and treating myself to a cup of their excellent coffee, and perhaps some baklava. Before my appointment, I walked vigorously up multiple flights of stairs to raise my blood pressure.
I tested at 89 over 54, which was just below the minimum systolic pressure of 90, so the nice lady said I could come back in ten minutes or more. I went to Sprigs for cup of black coffee (no baklava), and then exercised, walking up the twenty-four steps from the Concourse level to the Lobby level of the Randolph Building twice, and then walking from the second floor to the eighth floor, six times twenty-one steps, for a total of 174. Then I went back to the bloodmobile parked outside the Knox Building, and this time my blood pressure was 118 over 79. I suppose I might have drunk less coffee, or exerted myself less. Anyway, I gave blood.
I tested at 89 over 54, which was just below the minimum systolic pressure of 90, so the nice lady said I could come back in ten minutes or more. I went to Sprigs for cup of black coffee (no baklava), and then exercised, walking up the twenty-four steps from the Concourse level to the Lobby level of the Randolph Building twice, and then walking from the second floor to the eighth floor, six times twenty-one steps, for a total of 174. Then I went back to the bloodmobile parked outside the Knox Building, and this time my blood pressure was 118 over 79. I suppose I might have drunk less coffee, or exerted myself less. Anyway, I gave blood.
