Quote Originally Posted by napolitana869
man I'm not allowed to give blood because I lived in Italy for over 6 months and I guess they think I might have mad cow disease cells floating around in me, even though it was 20 years ago and I dont eat meat. I don't understand it and I really wish they would lift the ban on getting blood from people who lived there. I'm tempted just to lie, but my dad said that would be a bad idea.
That's cruel. Lucky through all my years in Europe, I never lived in a country where they had mad cow, so they accept my blood.