Donate platelets soon

Today, GA and I donated platelets down at MD Anderson.
I love to do that, because for some strange reason, I am always able to donate a double product, which means I'm sort of like two donors at once.
If you don't live in Houston, I bet you could still find someplace in your area that would accept your platelets, and you have plenty of extra.
Here's how it works. You sit through an interview answering yes or no to a list of questions, such as "Have you eaten guacamole with anyone in the past eight years who looked like he might have a blood disease?" Well, not exactly like that, but you get the picture.
Then they will stick you to check your blood for iron content and so forth.
Then, assuming your blood is fashionable enough, they lead you to a nice, comfy chair, where a sexy blond fluffs your pillow, and prepares this machine, and then she sticks a needle in your arm. The needle is smaller than the usual blood donor needle, by the way. And if you prefer a redhead, they'll get one for you. Ladies, you can do this too - they'll bring you a guy who looks like your favorite movie star.
Then you sit quietly reading a book for an hour and a half while the machine takes your blood, removes the platelets, then puts it back, over and over. Nothing to it.
When you're done, most places give you a free T shirt, and you go home. And you have just saved several lives, or at least helped save them. If you're at MD Anderson, the platelets go the very next day into the veins of a cancer patient, who would otherwise be in very bad shape, and probably die.
And that night, you sleep very very well, providing you don't think too hard about the sexy blond who stuck you.