stunt_muppet

Good to know I'm not the only one. I can't even really get used to Coke Zero, that's how used to Diet I am. :)

And your experience with donating might be completely different; I know a few people on my hall who can just waltz into the drive, get their blood taken, and then walk off without so much as a nod - they don't even have to stop for refreshments afterwards. So you might not have to deal with the freaky almost-unconsciousness at all.

Of course, no matter what your actual experience is, the nurses who work the drives have always been very kind and understanding when I've gone. The first one I had chitchatted with me the entire time to keep me properly distracted, but I think that's because they're instructed to be super-nice to first-timers.