I hated needles – and still do – but I’d take that over standing under someone’s armpit on the Tube any day!
I like to give blood three times a year, which is the maximum I can give as a woman As I sat in a chair with a needle slowly drawing blood from my arm, I nonchalantly flicked through a magazine. Suddenly, a random man burst into the pop-up caravan outside my local big Sainsbury’s and said: ‘You guys are f***ing brilliant! You saved my life. I was in a motorbike accident, and it’s people like you that really saved me.
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