Reply #50: Just my opinion for what it's worth

[Time for change]

It doesn't make you lesser because you can't give blood. We all have contributions that we can make to the world, and giving blood is just one of many.

I can't give blood any more either, because I have a neurological disease that may possibly be transmitted through the blood. Nobody ever told me that I can't give blood, and I'm not sure if I would pass the screening history that most blood banks give today. But in my opinion, even if I passed it, it wouldn't be worth the risk unless there was a dire emergency where blood was badly needed and not enough donors could be found.