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EBR Champion Author Greensboro Posts:21,831 Points:3,265,895 Joined:Mar 2004	Message Posted: Oct 20, 2011 7:43:13 AM Ignore EBR Report Abuse Do you donate regularly? Do you sell yours?

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priver Veteran Author Alberta Posts:403 Points:34,185 Joined:Apr 2013	Message Posted: Apr 20, 2013 11:57:03 AM Ignore priver Report Abuse last bar fight..
ReddevilNO Champion Author New Orleans Posts:3,360 Points:579,490 Joined:Aug 2011	Message Posted: Apr 17, 2013 5:42:14 AM Ignore ReddevilNO Report Abuse I never gave blood. I had to get blood a few times. I Would like to, but not able to give blood. [Edited by: ReddevilNO at 4/17/2013 6:44:19 AM EST]
cv Champion Author Raleigh Posts:15,196 Points:3,264,630 Joined:Oct 2003	Message Posted: Apr 17, 2013 4:40:16 AM Ignore cv Report Abuse It has been at least 10 years since I gave blood.
jes Champion Author Pennsylvania Posts:16,155 Points:3,350,525 Joined:Jun 2003	Message Posted: Apr 17, 2013 4:04:44 AM Ignore jes Report Abuse I've never given blood, but I should.
CupcakeCruiser All-Star Author Virginia Posts:517 Points:942,270 Joined:Feb 2010	Message Posted: Apr 17, 2013 3:43:54 AM Ignore CupcakeCruiser Report Abuse Have never been able to because I have always weighed less than 110 pounds...
wackiness Champion Author Fresno Posts:9,262 Points:1,208,330 Joined:Jan 2007	Message Posted: Apr 17, 2013 1:00:33 AM Ignore wackiness Report Abuse Prior to cancer gave every 2 months
Sneakers55 Champion Author Houston Posts:51,279 Points:2,141,975 Joined:Nov 2005	Message Posted: Apr 16, 2013 3:59:46 PM Ignore Sneakers55 Report Abuse I decided to put off the vacation. I went in and attempted to donate Monday, April 15, 2013. It didn't go well, they thought I was too dehydrated to bleed well.
Sneakers55 Champion Author Houston Posts:51,279 Points:2,141,975 Joined:Nov 2005	Message Posted: Apr 7, 2013 5:42:55 PM Ignore Sneakers55 Report Abuse I become eligible to give again on April 12th, but I'm going on vacation before then and my BFF is going to hold down the fort. I could theoretically give in Missouri, but then I'm going to wait until I'm back home. The way I'm planning out the vacation, the first Friday I'll be back here is May 3rd. It's just more time for my iron counts to go higher. My vacation will be spent driving through Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, and Missouri. I will be proudly sporting my Texas "Be A Blood Donor" license plates personalized with my blood type ("APOS", where the asterisk is the silhouette of the State of Texas). FWIW, when I last looked, the only blood types left in Texas were BPOS, ABPOS, and ABNEG. The first three donors with those blood types can have at them! [Edited by: Sneakers55 at 4/7/2013 6:45:12 PM EST]
Sneakers55 Champion Author Houston Posts:51,279 Points:2,141,975 Joined:Nov 2005	Message Posted: Mar 25, 2013 2:27:11 PM Ignore Sneakers55 Report Abuse On Mar 22, 2013 9:48:06 PM, mwhbulldog wrote: >I don't give regularly enough. I tend to have issues >with my Iron count. I used to take about twelve weeks to recover until I started taking women's vitamins, now I'm in every eight like clockwork unless I have a cold or I'm out of town. The only difference is the women's vitamins have eighteen milligrams of iron. And they cost no more than men's vitamins.
mwhbulldog Champion Author Lubbock Posts:10,082 Points:1,509,185 Joined:May 2004	Message Posted: Mar 22, 2013 9:48:06 PM Ignore mwhbulldog Report Abuse I don't give regularly enough. I tend to have issues with my Iron count.
Sneakers55 Champion Author Houston Posts:51,279 Points:2,141,975 Joined:Nov 2005	Message Posted: Mar 22, 2013 9:11:28 PM Ignore Sneakers55 Report Abuse My next eligibility date is April 12th, but I anticipate going on my spring vacation. Since the blood bank likes Friday and Saturday donations, I suspect I'll next be in May 3rd. It will give my iron levels more time to recover.
Sneakers55 Champion Author Houston Posts:51,279 Points:2,141,975 Joined:Nov 2005	Message Posted: Feb 17, 2013 9:53:09 AM Ignore Sneakers55 Report Abuse Friday, February 15th. I went into the Web site of The Blood Center and found that they had credited me with having made a donation although they didn't get a full unit. They apparently did the testing on it because all the values were last updated as of Friday. I didn't ask if they would be able to salvage anything out of the donation but I can always hope for the best. [Edited by: Sneakers55 at 2/17/2013 10:57:09 AM EST]
Sneakers55 Champion Author Houston Posts:51,279 Points:2,141,975 Joined:Nov 2005	Message Posted: Feb 15, 2013 4:20:32 PM Ignore Sneakers55 Report Abuse Today. I went in and attempted. It was a difficult process overall. The initial poke hurt more than usual, then when they tried to tape down the line the blood flow stopped. They let the line run fairly loose and the blood flowed well. Then, when I was about half done, the blood in the line clotted before it could get down to the anticoagulant. They tried some maneuvers with a roller tool and they couldn't get the clog to clear. They got enough blood out of me that I'm deferred for another 56 days. My schedule is such that I will be out of town then.
Sneakers55 Champion Author Houston Posts:51,279 Points:2,141,975 Joined:Nov 2005	Message Posted: Feb 9, 2013 9:26:17 AM Ignore Sneakers55 Report Abuse I"m still in the 56-day whole blood donation deferral period. I have an appointment for next Friday, when the 56 days will be over. So, you can say I'm a regular donor.
Sneakers55 Champion Author Houston Posts:51,279 Points:2,141,975 Joined:Nov 2005	Message Posted: Dec 21, 2012 5:36:18 PM Ignore Sneakers55 Report Abuse On Dec 21, 2012 2:51:40 PM, I wrote: >I went in today so they would have lots of product on the shelves I should write "products" as they were going to split it into components. >They're planning to take off Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. But three of the Neighborhood Donor Centers that are normally closed Sunday, including the one I went to today, will be open that day. So they will have an extra day to collect blood before the two-day break.
Sneakers55 Champion Author Houston Posts:51,279 Points:2,141,975 Joined:Nov 2005	Message Posted: Dec 21, 2012 2:51:40 PM Ignore Sneakers55 Report Abuse I went in today so they would have lots of product on the shelves for the Christmas holiday. They're planning to take off Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.
wildcat659 Champion Author California Posts:25,472 Points:2,848,120 Joined:Apr 2005	Message Posted: Dec 7, 2012 7:04:40 PM Ignore wildcat659 Report Abuse About two years ago. Heart problem and doctor put me on Warfarin, a blood thinner, so I can no longer donate.
Sneakers55 Champion Author Houston Posts:51,279 Points:2,141,975 Joined:Nov 2005	Message Posted: Dec 7, 2012 6:52:58 PM Ignore Sneakers55 Report Abuse Gulf Coast Regional Blood Center is incenting donors to come in from the 21st of December to the 8th of January. I think I will wait an extra week. Of course, by then, I could get another cold.
Sneakers55 Champion Author Houston Posts:51,279 Points:2,141,975 Joined:Nov 2005	Message Posted: Dec 7, 2012 6:29:06 PM Ignore Sneakers55 Report Abuse My 56-day whole blood wait was over today, but I didn't donate because I have a cold. Probably be able to go next Friday, though.
lightbulbman2008 Champion Author Worcester Posts:414,300 Points:1,585,685 Joined:Oct 2008	Message Posted: Nov 13, 2012 5:39:46 PM Ignore lightbulbman2008 Report Abuse a while ago maybe 5 years ago...
Sneakers55 Champion Author Houston Posts:51,279 Points:2,141,975 Joined:Nov 2005	Message Posted: Nov 13, 2012 5:03:28 PM Ignore Sneakers55 Report Abuse On Nov 12, 2012 3:45:53 PM, Baron62nd wrote: >Donate, at the Red Cross. Only about 40% of the country is served by Red Cross Biomedical Services. The only places I have lived where the Red Cross collected blood were Columbia (MO) and Wichita (KS). When I lived there, I signed up at work in Wichita to donate, but they never asked me. I lived in the Huntsville (AL) and Abilene (TX) areas and I was never asked. In Houston, the Gulf Coast Regional Blood Center gets a lot of free ad time on TV. I thought I would be deferred because of the meds I take but that was not the case. I have given 14 times in Columbia (when I was a college student at the University of Missouri) and 18 times in Houston. I gave 1973-1977 and 2009-now (I'm in the eight week deferral period from a previous whole blood donation and will be until December 7th).
Baron62nd Champion Author Illinois Posts:7,012 Points:1,669,145 Joined:Sep 2007	Message Posted: Nov 12, 2012 3:45:53 PM Ignore Baron62nd Report Abuse Donate, at the Red Cross.
Baron62nd Champion Author Illinois Posts:7,012 Points:1,669,145 Joined:Sep 2007	Message Posted: Nov 12, 2012 3:45:31 PM Ignore Baron62nd Report Abuse the 6th
Sneakers55 Champion Author Houston Posts:51,279 Points:2,141,975 Joined:Nov 2005	Message Posted: Nov 12, 2012 1:59:50 PM Ignore Sneakers55 Report Abuse On Oct 27, 2012 4:26:43 PM I wrote: >They used to incent donors to come in Friday, Saturday, and Monday. >Now they incent donors to come in Monday through Thursday. Go figure. They only incented donors to come in Saturday this weekend. Wonder if the doctors took off for Veteran's Day?
Sneakers55 Champion Author Houston Posts:51,279 Points:2,141,975 Joined:Nov 2005	Message Posted: Oct 27, 2012 4:26:43 PM Ignore Sneakers55 Report Abuse On Oct 27, 2012 2:59:06 PM, I wrote: >The next day I become eligible is Friday, December 7th. >If Gulf Coast Regional Blood Center keeps incenting donors to come in >another time of the week, I'll switch days. They used to incent donors to come in Friday, Saturday, and Monday. Now they incent donors to come in Monday through Thursday. Go figure.
Sneakers55 Champion Author Houston Posts:51,279 Points:2,141,975 Joined:Nov 2005	Message Posted: Oct 27, 2012 4:22:13 PM Ignore Sneakers55 Report Abuse On Oct 27, 2012 3:21:08 PM, jrferrari wrote from Orlando: >When I worked at AT&T and they would have blood drives >I would always participate. I made it to the gallon club and >then switched jobs. I was working in Nashville and gave >blood then. I think that was back in 2003 or 2004. The blood bank in your area is an independent non-profit organization, Florida's Blood Centers. They are open seven days a week for qualified and willing donors.
jrferrari All-Star Author Orlando Posts:652 Points:172,590 Joined:Jan 2011	Message Posted: Oct 27, 2012 3:21:08 PM Ignore jrferrari Report Abuse When I worked at AT&T and they would have blood drives I would always participate. I made it to the gallon club and then switched jobs. I was working in Nashville and gave blood then. I think that was back in 2003 or 2004.
Sneakers55 Champion Author Houston Posts:51,279 Points:2,141,975 Joined:Nov 2005	Message Posted: Oct 27, 2012 2:59:06 PM Ignore Sneakers55 Report Abuse The next day I become eligible is Friday, December 7th. If Gulf Coast Regional Blood Center keeps incenting donors to come in another time of the week, I'll switch days.
Sneakers55 Champion Author Houston Posts:51,279 Points:2,141,975 Joined:Nov 2005	Message Posted: Oct 27, 2012 2:51:40 PM Ignore Sneakers55 Report Abuse On Oct 17, 2012 11:18:09 PM, GBGuy wrote: >They won't take mine because I have MS and am a diabetic. Some blood banks wil defer donors for MS and/or diabetes, others won't. All of them will permanently defer a donor for using bovine insulin after a certain date (mad cow concerns).
GBGuy Champion Author Illinois Posts:13,361 Points:2,363,085 Joined:Aug 2006	Message Posted: Oct 17, 2012 11:18:09 PM Ignore GBGuy Report Abuse too long. They won't take mine because I have MS and am a diabetic.
Sneakers55 Champion Author Houston Posts:51,279 Points:2,141,975 Joined:Nov 2005	Message Posted: Oct 14, 2012 4:16:51 PM Ignore Sneakers55 Report Abuse Friday, 12 October 2012, at around 11:00 AM.
steffy628 Champion Author Pennsylvania Posts:1,761 Points:448,325 Joined:Apr 2011	Message Posted: Sep 1, 2012 9:52:19 AM Ignore steffy628 Report Abuse Donate a few times a year
Sneakers55 Champion Author Houston Posts:51,279 Points:2,141,975 Joined:Nov 2005	Message Posted: Sep 1, 2012 8:44:27 AM Ignore Sneakers55 Report Abuse On Aug 31, 2012 8:01:12 AM, majormarket wrote: >I have never given blood. Gulf Coast Regional Blood Center would be willing to have you try, but roughly half of people get deferred for various reasons. Only about 5% of people donate regularly. [Edited by: Sneakers55 at 9/1/2012 9:46:06 AM EST]
majormarket All-Star Author Houston Posts:829 Points:788,485 Joined:May 2008	Message Posted: Aug 31, 2012 8:01:12 AM Ignore majormarket Report Abuse I have never given blood.
Sneakers55 Champion Author Houston Posts:51,279 Points:2,141,975 Joined:Nov 2005	Message Posted: Aug 17, 2012 12:05:50 PM Ignore Sneakers55 Report Abuse About thirty minutes ago: now, I don't have to do it until October 12th.
GBGuy Champion Author Illinois Posts:13,361 Points:2,363,085 Joined:Aug 2006	Message Posted: Aug 9, 2012 7:00:35 AM Ignore GBGuy Report Abuse I wish I could, but they don't want my blood because of my MS & diabetes
Sneakers55 Champion Author Houston Posts:51,279 Points:2,141,975 Joined:Nov 2005	Message Posted: Aug 6, 2012 7:28:34 PM Ignore Sneakers55 Report Abuse My BFF freaked out when she caught me with the prenatal vitamins. Just the thing for blood donors to keep their iron levels high. She freaked out again when she caught me with a box of Kroger Personal Lubricant. There are other uses for the stuff than what she can think of.
lightbulbman2008 Champion Author Worcester Posts:414,300 Points:1,585,685 Joined:Oct 2008	Message Posted: Aug 6, 2012 6:59:13 PM Ignore lightbulbman2008 Report Abuse last year
chocolateflash Champion Author San Diego Posts:14,689 Points:2,684,620 Joined:Apr 2005	Message Posted: Jul 26, 2012 8:31:52 PM Ignore chocolateflash Report Abuse Received blood as I'm anemic and since I spent 35 years out of the country, they don't want me to donate.
RONALD777 Champion Author Houston Posts:2,427 Points:361,780 Joined:Nov 2007	Message Posted: Jul 26, 2012 8:29:37 PM Ignore RONALD777 Report Abuse I used to give on a regular basis. Too old now.
Sneakers55 Champion Author Houston Posts:51,279 Points:2,141,975 Joined:Nov 2005	Message Posted: Jun 22, 2012 11:43:58 PM Ignore Sneakers55 Report Abuse Success on the first try, hematocrit was 39%. Exactly 56 days from the previous donation.
Sneakers55 Champion Author Houston Posts:51,279 Points:2,141,975 Joined:Nov 2005	Message Posted: Apr 27, 2012 2:30:25 PM Ignore Sneakers55 Report Abuse About four hours ago... my attempts to stay away from too much caffeine are apparently working! Success on the first try, exactly 56 days from the previous donation!
Sneakers55 Champion Author Houston Posts:51,279 Points:2,141,975 Joined:Nov 2005	Message Posted: Apr 25, 2012 11:10:38 AM Ignore Sneakers55 Report Abuse Two more days before I can attempt. I usually flunk out because of iron levels on the first try, it averages about 77 days before I recover to normal.
Sneakers55 Champion Author Houston Posts:51,279 Points:2,141,975 Joined:Nov 2005	Message Posted: Apr 17, 2012 9:50:27 PM Ignore Sneakers55 Report Abuse I've only got ten more days to wait until I can donate again. My on-again, off-again desire to try platelets instead of whole blood is on again. I'm tremulous at rest (this is normal for me) but I think my whole arm would relax. I don't have any problems doing whole blood.
Sneakers55 Champion Author Houston Posts:51,279 Points:2,141,975 Joined:Nov 2005	Message Posted: Mar 12, 2012 4:47:13 PM Ignore Sneakers55 Report Abuse On Dec 28, 2011 5:59:43 PM, wildcat659 wrote: >And selling blood s illegal in California, if not in >all 50 States. The prohibition against paying blood donors is at the FDA level, so it applies everywhere in the United States. They learned that the blood from volunteer donors was a lot less likely to transmit diseases that can be transmitted via a blood transfusion. When I was in college (the mid-1970s) they did not have the prohibition but they had to label the source of the blood. I used to help out at the blood drives and the main thing they had me do is label the packs with "BLOOD FROM VOLUNTEER DONOR" and fasten on a couple of test tubes (one red [no anticoagulant] and one lavender [EDTA anticoagulant]) so they would be ready for the phlebotomists to use. I counted the last time I donated and they're up to one red and three lavender tubes to do all the transmissible disease checks they require in 2012.
Sneakers55 Champion Author Houston Posts:51,279 Points:2,141,975 Joined:Nov 2005	Message Posted: Mar 3, 2012 10:16:19 PM Ignore Sneakers55 Report Abuse Decided to try March 2nd instead. Hematocrit 40%, everything else OK. Now, I can't donate again until April 27th.
dakine Champion Author Orange County Posts:19,582 Points:3,588,950 Joined:Feb 2003	Message Posted: Feb 13, 2012 8:33:40 AM Ignore dakine Report Abuse Last year
Sneakers55 Champion Author Houston Posts:51,279 Points:2,141,975 Joined:Nov 2005	Message Posted: Feb 11, 2012 3:32:37 PM Ignore Sneakers55 Report Abuse Still August 13th of last year. Low hematocrit (36% measured, 38% is the minimum to donate around here). Going to try again March 3rd unless something happens before then like another cold that kept me away the first two weeks of January.
1daytripperNC All-Star Author Durham Posts:775 Points:565,345 Joined:Apr 2011	Message Posted: Jan 31, 2012 8:33:57 PM Ignore 1daytripperNC Report Abuse Yes, but it has been a few years ago. I don't remember how long ago.
Jay4Runner Champion Author Oakland Posts:10,846 Points:2,344,940 Joined:Apr 2004	Message Posted: Jan 30, 2012 10:05:14 PM Ignore Jay4Runner Report Abuse Blood, sweat & tears everyday at work!