I wonder if they'd take my blood since I've been living overseas for so long now.

1/12/2010 6:20:08 PM

They wouldn't let me give today. Instead, they gave me a bunch of cookies and a physician referral note because my hemoglobin was low: 10.5.

Apparently this whole pescetarian for Lent thing was a bad idea.

3/11/2010 1:41:41 PM

Donated last month; probably will go again next month or so.

3/11/2010 1:51:59 PM

lucy girllll, lemme give you some of my blood.

my docs are concerned i have too much iron (hemochromatosis i believe its called?) and my hemoglobin is phenomenal

[Edited on March 11, 2010 at 1:59 PM. Reason : i have to buy iron free vitamins ]

3/11/2010 1:57:22 PM

I wish I had that prob.

3/11/2010 2:10:38 PM

aha not really.

sometimes i get a really bad metal taste in my mouth. it can get so bad its hard to eat.


and if i get pregnant im gonna have to be extra careful

3/11/2010 2:18:39 PM

sure can. here's my proof.

3/11/2010 2:28:51 PM

Lucy, pumpkin seeds, kidney beans, spinach, and lentils
donat
Joie, ask them about therapeutic Donations
I gAve platelets yesterday: )

3/11/2010 2:40:43 PM

Cannot, I lived in England for a couple years during the mad cow scare of the early 90's.



I don't have mad cow

3/11/2010 3:05:18 PM

Quote :

"therapeutic Donations"

ooohhhhhh they have that?!?!?!?!

3/11/2010 4:23:55 PM

IIRC, yes, at rex blood services

I just called, and they said they do.

[Edited on March 11, 2010 at 4:30 PM. Reason : sd]

3/11/2010 4:28:36 PM

Rex blood services (way better than the red cross, by the way, and more convienent):

Quote :

"Please help us avoid a summer blood shortage by giving blood before Memorial Day and again in the summer! Patients depend on dedicated donors who give regularly. Please respond to this email or call 784-4750 to schedule an appointment! Celebrate Mother's Day with us on Friday, May 7! This is a great time to honor mothers! Rex Donor Center will celebrate Mother's Day on May 7. Every donor will receive flowers! Come by and commemorate your donation with an "in Honor of" or "in Memory of" card that you can send to your mother or loved ones. Or, schedule a donation appointment with your mother and eat lunch together! May Double Point Lifesaver Days - Mark Your Calendar! As part of our Donate for Life donor rewards program May 26 through May 31 are double point days. Free Lunch Fridays May 7 Bella Monica Italian Restaurant May 14 Firebirds Rocky Mountain Grill May 21 518 West Italian Grill May 28 Quiznos Sub - Double Point Day! Please join us for lunch. These restaurants donate this delicious cuisines to help us in the fight to save lives! We have many appointments available. Free Movie Wednesdays Donate blood any Wednesday at Rex Donor Center or Bloodmobile and receive two free movie passes to Raleighwood Cinema Grill. "

5/4/2010 9:52:56 AM

my bloods no good, and that shit don't come out anyways, and after 45 mins they find my ass all passed out.

5/4/2010 11:38:07 AM

I got dat type O negative. I should donate more often.

I wonder if it's possible to donate and stash away for myself in case I need it later in life

5/4/2010 11:44:08 AM

I used to give blood all the time. And I would always piss them off by passing out at the end of the cycle

^ It expires so wouldn't do you much good.

[Edited on May 4, 2010 at 11:51 AM. Reason : ,]

5/4/2010 11:50:03 AM

UGH. Rejected again. Can't get my hemoglobin levels above 10.5.



BUGGER!

5/18/2010 11:56:16 AM

My blood is extremely toxic.

5/18/2010 12:04:42 PM

^^What do you do to get it up?
(ehe)

I was gonna donate on the 7th.

Then I sliced an artery and had stitches and...yes. It just didn't seem like the smartest idea to give platelets the next day

5/18/2010 12:20:06 PM

^ LOL Yeah, I'd hold off if I were you. Probably need a couple of months to regenerate blood.

I suppose just more steak. If it's bad next time I try to donate, then I'll see a doctor because it could be indicative of other probs.

5/18/2010 12:27:13 PM

You should also be eating lentils and spinach, adding blackstrap molasses to stuff and snacking on pumpkin seeds

Not high enough to donate != indicative of a problem - ESPECIALLY if you're always close. That threshold is set pretty high - so high that you can donate more than you do, and maintain medically adequate hemoglobin.

To be fair, it was an artery in my finger, so it wasn't a fuckton of blood that'll take a long time to regenerate. But it is totally me to cut two fingers, and manage to get an artery in one. Seriously. The doctor joked that maybe I should look into rubber bumpers.



[Edited on May 18, 2010 at 12:32 PM. Reason : sd]

[Edited on May 18, 2010 at 12:32 PM. Reason : df]

5/18/2010 12:30:17 PM

Well, last time I tried, my hemoglobin was at 9. I've been taking supplements like crazy and I started eating meat and lentils again, and my levels still won't get above 10.5.

5/18/2010 12:32:44 PM

ouch. the sting of rejection. rejected from all jobs i apply for AND i was just rejected for giving blood

i have to wait until next Feb to give cause i went to dirty countries

6/21/2010 4:50:23 PM

You're such a dirty girl.

6/21/2010 4:53:43 PM

^^ Same here. Apparently I went to a region of Costa Rica that's malaria-ridden. They rejected me the last time for travel and I can't donate again until next April.

6/21/2010 4:58:18 PM

yea same. it was the malaria thing. had i just stayed in the cities i would have been fine but since i went outside of them into heavy malaria areas i can't donate until Feb.

sad. i didn't even really think about it until i got there and was like "oh crap i have travelled this year"

then it was all good until she asked if i went outside the city

i feel bad because i like to donate semi regularly (every few months) but at the same time.....my trip was totally awesome and it was worth going into malaria - ville

i even ate lots of spinach for lunch today though in hopes i wouldn't get cut for being anemic (cause that has happened before) but i didn't even make it that far haha

6/21/2010 7:10:11 PM

is the rule about tattoos only for non-professional ones?

6/21/2010 7:21:35 PM

I'd like to give blood. But apparently I'm too diseased, even if my health is better than many who can.

6/21/2010 7:24:56 PM

this is why you shouldn't have caught the gay

jk. i agree, its totally fucked up.

6/21/2010 7:25:45 PM

Gave blood on wednesday.

Cotdamn vampires

12/3/2010 11:17:51 PM

i can't give again until Feb cause i went to the dirty countries

12/3/2010 11:19:20 PM

Yeah, I read that like 9 posts up.

It would seem as if the red cross would have a test they could administer to bypass that
though, I guess it might be hard to do in the field.

[Edited on December 3, 2010 at 11:22 PM. Reason : an ex of mine couldn't donate cause she used to live in Germany.]

12/3/2010 11:21:59 PM

and a false negative could be pretty bad

12/3/2010 11:22:44 PM

^^ well i guess malaria can lie dormant for awhile or something?

i mean, a year seems like a long time though. 6 months seems like plenty but i guess it isn't.

welp

hope i don't come down with malaria in the next 2 months

^ truth.

[Edited on December 3, 2010 at 11:25 PM. Reason : .]

12/3/2010 11:24:49 PM

Quote :

"and a false negative could be pretty bad "

Surely, this type of situation is completely avoided by asking a question to the donor, and relying on them to tell the truth.

man, get the fuck outta here.

12/3/2010 11:26:22 PM

planning to go friday!

12/3/2010 11:38:51 PM

my veins are too small they said.

12/3/2010 11:42:26 PM

Gave blood once but I was very sick a couple hours later. I don't plan on doing it again.

12/3/2010 11:45:40 PM

sorry dude the way i read your post it sounded like you were saying to bypass the question asking and just run a test

12/3/2010 11:51:35 PM

Sir, I would like to shake your hand.

no

no...

give you a hug

12/3/2010 11:53:31 PM

Bttt

What's the best thing to eat after giving blood? They give cookies, but is fruit a better choice? Are there more benefits to eating cookies over other foods?

5/10/2011 11:08:31 AM

Anything with sugar. They give you cookies because they're cheaper than fruit and most of fat ass America would take a cookie over an apple everytime.

5/10/2011 11:33:18 AM

I always choose the Nutter Butters. Peanut butter makes me feel better


I gave blood the other day and was done in 5 minutes. Is that way fast?

5/10/2011 2:50:32 PM

I tried to give platelets last fall. I was all excited, took calcium vitamins etc. and then I get there and they wouldn't let me because my veins are too small and the machine probably wouldn't have worked with them.

I give blood all the time and didn't think giving platelets would be too harsh on my body but it was a no go they said.

It made me very sad. My mom was in chemo at the time and had needed platelets, (throughout her chemo she needed platelets like 4 times) and even though we are two different blood types I still wanted to give into the system for her. But I couldn't That was a very sad day for me.

If you can give platelets, please do. There are people like my mommy out there suffering,

5/10/2011 4:48:19 PM

I gave blood for the first time a couple weeks ago

I was skurrd at first but it turned out to not be nearly as bad as I thought

5/10/2011 7:47:28 PM