What's the challenge?
To donate blood.
What are you afraid of?
Pain, blood, needles.
How was the experience?
I was avoiding facing this fear for the past 38 days but I had to do it. I went with my husband to the New York Blood Center on Lexington and 53rd, and even though I was completely terrified I dragged myself all the way over there. When I was filling the paper work I noticed that they ask if my weight is at least 110 lb. I walked over to the receptionist and asked her what would happen if I'm below the requested weight and she told me there was no way I could donate blood if my weight was below the 110 lb. I had no choice but to leave the Blood Center kind of disappointed but relieved in some way. Needles scare the sh*t out of me. The fact is that I was willing to do it and I made the choice to go over there and face a big fear. It didn't happen, oh well. I'm going to have to eat more burrata and nutella next time!