Can't you have your own blood banked prior to surgery so that you do not have to receive someone else's blood if needed during surgery? I believe that I remember my grandmother doing this prior to a knee replacement.

10/1/2008 8:10:44 PM

Hmm.

In our hematology/oncology course I never even heard about that but I suppose it's possible.


Something tells me that this guy is going to lose a lot of blood during surgery, however.






AMIRITE?

10/1/2008 8:12:00 PM

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"FACE EATING TUMOR"

10/1/2008 8:13:18 PM

Ok, a simple google search: it's autologous donation. But yeah, blood has a short shelf life and you could possibly need more blood that you can bank.

10/1/2008 8:15:31 PM

10/1/2008 8:28:01 PM

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"OF COURSE. EVERYTHING HAPPENS FOR A REASON AND gOD HAS A PLAN FOR EVERYONE."

I call B.S. on this one. I don't even have a plan for myself.

10/1/2008 8:45:50 PM