Why don’t more people make it a point to donate blood, even though someone needs blood every few seconds in this country? It may be that many are afraid that the process might hurt. But Ira Riklis, who’s been donating blood on a fairly regular basis for many years now, can attest that there’s absolutely no pain involved. About the only thing you feel is a little sting when they quickly stick your finger to take a drop of blood for testing.
Sometimes you run into situations that leave you scratching your head wondering why they’re doing something a certain way. For example, why do they stick your finger before they take your blood pressure? Of course your blood pressure goes up after that happens! But at times like that, Ira Riklis finds the best thing to do is to laugh and go with the flow. The old joke goes: “It only hurts when I laugh.” But when it comes to giving blood, it doesn’t hurt at all, especially when you laugh.