blood donation

i suspect i have written on this subject before...  i mean there was that one time last year when i passed out in the library while giving blood...  i know i must have written about that.  at that point i decided that all future donations would occur at the blood bank
then the next i gave blood - and it took some time for me to work up my nerve again - my blood pressure was crazy high
i know that i must had written about this.  i went out and bought a blood pressure cuff and everything.  i started taking my blood pressure regularly only to realise most of it was from the stress and fear of passing out again.
the last time was OK - even if i did break the rule of only going to the blood bank.  i went to a blood drive at my friend's church.   i had donated there before so i felt somewhat safe or at least comfortable with that venue.  and once i told them i had passed out they went totally out of their way to make sure i was OK.
i dont know why it has taken me so long to get back to the blood bank.  i guess the travel with work has been the biggest road block of sorts. 
so tonight i decide i need to go do my part...
pricked two of my fingers and determined my iron was too low...  well they actually call it something else, but ultimately it means my iron was too low to take blood.
UM - does that kind of support the fact that I have been eating like CRAP so much these days
that vegetable and protein and I are not on a regularly routine as we used to be
i need to do something about that
i have put it back on my calendar to go after the thanksgiving holiday
and in the interim i am going to load up on beef and spinach - OK maybe not - but you know me, I will google the heck out of the subject and find some things to do about it