Do you donate blood?

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  • PureandEasy
    PureandEasy Posts: 5,818
    I don't know about that. I do know you can donate your own blood for your use in surgery or something, but there are still costs involved in collecting, testing, transporting and storage of the blood, regardless of who it goes to, that's why it cost money when you receive a blood transfusion. It's no different than the any other outrageous medical cost.
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  • florence151
    florence151 Posts: 597
    Scheduled to give again on December 6th.
    Been donating for many years.

    The local Hospital used to give you a coupon for a free pint of ice cream if you donated a pint of blood.
    A pint for a pint.

    :P
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  • number1PJfan
    number1PJfan Posts: 3,748
    florence151 wrote:
    Scheduled to give again on December 6th.
    Been donating for many years.

    The local Hospital used to give you a coupon for a free pint of ice cream if you donated a pint of blood.
    A pint for a pint.

    :P


    They might get more response if that free pint was a pint of beer...just saying.
  • loadedgun
    loadedgun Indiana Posts: 1,398
    number1PJfan wrote:
    florence151 wrote:
    Scheduled to give again on December 6th.
    Been donating for many years.

    The local Hospital used to give you a coupon for a free pint of ice cream if you donated a pint of blood.
    A pint for a pint.

    :P


    They might get more response if that free pint was a pint of beer...just saying.

    We have a local brewery that used to do that. Pint for a pint. They would have a blood drive outside in the bus, they give you a coupon, and then you can walk straight into the bar. That's a win-win if i've ever heard one.
    Midwest. Indy/Lafayette.
  • Jeanwah
    Jeanwah Posts: 6,363
    I'll start donating again, when I'm able.

    I've needed 3 transfusions each after trauma and a surgery (6 total) and I was still low on blood after the fact. So I know first hand how precious it is. Thanks all who donate!
  • Spaar
    Spaar Posts: 72
    Yeah I donate blood plasma, every 6 weeks or so. And I'm going to sign up for bone marrow and trombocytes next time.
  • PureandEasy
    PureandEasy Posts: 5,818
    Jeanwah wrote:
    I'll start donating again, when I'm able.

    I've needed 3 transfusions each after trauma and a surgery (6 total) and I was still low on blood after the fact. So I know first hand how precious it is. Thanks all who donate!

    Really, after everything Jeanwah has been through - someone from this very board, ONE OF US is proof of the absolute need for those who can donate - to do so.
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  • loadedgun
    loadedgun Indiana Posts: 1,398
    Spaar wrote:
    Yeah I donate blood plasma, every 6 weeks or so. And I'm going to sign up for bone marrow and trombocytes next time.

    What are trombocytes?
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  • tybird
    tybird Posts: 17,388
    They've got me donating platelets/white blood cells now....as well as whole blood. 8-)
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  • Johnny Abruzzo
    Johnny Abruzzo Philly Posts: 12,358
    I give blood whenever they come to my work. Sorry I'm too lazy to go anywhere and do it.

    But I have a few issues with the Red Cross:

    Sometimes the nurses are cranky and jam that needle in with no regard to how the donor feels. Sometimes they act like they're doing me a huge favor by allowing me to donate blood.

    People feel guilted into donating blood even if they shouldn't; my wife was just barely over the weight limit and passed out afterwards, at her desk. I told her no more blood donations.

    Why is the OJ so crappy - they couldn't get "not-from-concentrate?"

    I asked how many calories giving blood burns, and the nurse said "is that why you're dong it?" Um, no, but (I looked it up) 500c is a nice bonus without having to exercise, and you don't have to be a smartass about it lady.

    All that said, I'll keep going.
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  • bmwweirdoguy
    bmwweirdoguy Right of Seattle Posts: 228
    I wish I could, but I have a condition where I get light headed at the site of blood, or at even the thought that it's being extracted from me...my wife donates regularly though
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  • Spaar
    Spaar Posts: 72
    loadedgun wrote:
    Spaar wrote:
    Yeah I donate blood plasma, every 6 weeks or so. And I'm going to sign up for bone marrow and trombocytes next time.

    What are trombocytes?
    I looked it up, a more common word for it are platelets, the cells in your blood that make your blood clot. Apparently some people can only receive that from certain donors, like one in a thousand. The same as with bone marrow.
  • loadedgun
    loadedgun Indiana Posts: 1,398
    I gave again last week, double reds. Starting to get more people to go with me, like an after work activity.

    A local brewer here has a deal going on, where if you donate you get a free beer. 'Pint for a Pint.' Sounds good to me. We need more people to donate.
    Midwest. Indy/Lafayette.
  • mfc2006
    mfc2006 HTOWN Posts: 37,491
    yup. i go about once every 4-6 weeks.
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  • jmurray
    jmurray Stratham, NH Posts: 3,538
    yes, fairly regularly.
  • peacegirl
    peacegirl Posts: 841
    I would if I could but I don't meet the weight requirement
  • Dissidentman
    Dissidentman Posts: 15,378
    I do, but I'm not good at it.
  • iamica
    iamica Chicago Posts: 2,628
    I used to donate blood and plasma regularly, but my veins are really terrible and too small most of the time, so more often than not I get turned away. :(
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  • Illridethewave20
    Illridethewave20 Posts: 491
    I don't I have never tried, I have trouble just getting my blood drawn for the doctors :( I am not even afraid of needles, they just have a tough time finding my veins :(
  • Ms. Haiku
    Ms. Haiku Washington DC Posts: 7,371
    I"m not allowed - I"m on the list of categories of people the nursing staff reads off as *not allowed.* (heart issue) I tried a couple times, but the Red Cross staff wouldn't let me.

    However, my twin used to donate blood specifically because I wasn't allowed, and because she has a rarer type blood, and because she's nice. Before she moved to Germany where her husband was stationed, she had to have a malaria shot or something along those lines, so now she is in the *not allowed* category as well.

    The people in my family who don't faint when they give blood (i.e., women) routinely give blood.
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