When I was with a pharmaceutical firm in my mid-20s, I travel so frequently that I go out of town at least for 3 days every week.  During that time, travelling bags were not as user friendly as it has been designed these past 10 years or so.  The design of luggage bags these days come in various sizes from totes, satchels, duffels and large compartmentalized bags.  It is the location and accessibility of the exterior compartments that is important.  That is where you could put small items like lotions, toothpaste, comb, brush, toothbrush, emergency medical kit, medicine and others.

In the late 1970s to mid-1980s, good luggage design and functionality was difficult to find.  Even advertisements on magazine, newspapers and television did not offer what internet shopping has to offer now.  Shopwiki is one of the online sites that offer a wide variety of products, giving much detail.  It gives good ideas on the size of luggage bags you will need for the frequent travel that you do.  As I travel more frequently on land, I prefer medium sized luggage that would easily fit well in the car trunk with other items or not an obstacle in the passenger cabin.  The same way in carrying them when riding in a bus.

Large luggage with rollers is convenient especially when you need to walk some distance to from transportation or location.  Some come with retractable handles or adjustable straps.  The buyer’s guide is very helpful in giving ideas on what you can stuff in luggage that you carry for travel. 

What I am to share here is not something I heard, instead what my wife and I experienced about blood donation. My wife was to have hysterectomy because of a lump in her uterus. Her doctor advised that we need to get at least four bags of her blood type for transfusion during surgery. Her blood type is "B" and there was not enough to buy from blood banks. I had to look for donors like making calls to a military academy and large companies to ask for possible donors. Unfortunately, it was too immediate and they did not have enough time to ask people who had the same blood type who are willing to donate. The day before the surgery, the Red Cross and a hospital notified me that there were type "B" donations and two bags from each of them! Another good thing was learning that I have nephews who had the same blood type. Our family on my side commonly had type "O" blood. Just to make sure we had more than four bags, my nephews donated another two bags. All the donations were kept by the Medical Technicians department of the hospital. The cost of the blood from the Red Cross and hospital was $20.00 per bag. The condition with the hospital where my wife was to be operated on is for them to pay me back the same amount for any blood that would not be used.  Read More . . .

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