question: I gave blood 6 days ago and have never had any systems but slight brusing before. This time everything went well expect when I was giving the person had to pull the needle out some for the blood to flow better was done in 10 minutes as the norm. Anyway I woke up in the middle of the night with a sore arm above the donation sight and when I press in that area it is very sore and my elbow is also sore. The place of the donation did not bruise, but is now yellowish around the site after 6 days.