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Do you give blood donations on the regular?

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Patrick Bateman said:
I hope not. If you really mean iron, than that would be far too high.

If you are talking about Hematocrit, the solid parts of your blood. Then it would be a little bit too low. With around 45% being the norm for men.
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There actually a blood disorder where too much iron is produced, and the cure is frequent blood donations :p

Called hemochromatosis.
 
I 've been getting transfusions every 2 weeks since i was 3 months old ( i have a disease called thalassemia) so to all of you who give out blood thank you. You have made living possible for me and many others.
 
Yup, whenever I can. Makes me feel good, and free cookies!

Juice said:
Right, which is then turned around and to a hospital, who (along with insurers) profit richly off the fact that you're willing to give them blood for free.
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So by donating... I'm helping two parties?! AWWW YEAH! You just sound like a person screaming "I WORK HARD FOR THIS BLOOD. I AM ENTITLED TO TONS OF MONEY. PAY ME MORE FOR FUCKING LIVING."
 
I cannot, sadly, because of these rules:

You were a member of the of the U.S. military, a civilian military employee, or a dependent of a member of the U.S. military who spent a total time of 6 months on or associated with a military base in any of the following areas during the specified time frames

From 1980 through 1990 - Belgium, the Netherlands (Holland), or Germany
From 1980 through 1996 - Spain, Portugal, Turkey, Italy or Greece.
You spent (visited or lived) a cumulative time of 5 years or more from January 1, 1980, to present, in any combination of country(ies) in Europe, including

in the UK from 1980 through 1996 as listed above
on or associated with military bases as described above, and
in other countries in Europe as listed below:
.....
Germany
.....
Turkey
.....
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I would though, if I could!
 
I used to, for free. But then i found out some people where making quite a lot of money with my voluntary donations so i stopped going.
 
I'm a B+ and I give it as often as I can. I'm not sure what happened that I suddenly decided to become so regimented about it.
 
I wish I could donate, I might actually try again soon and see if the same thing happens again. I am the universal type, so I am in high demand too :/
 
No, but I guess I should. I'm AB-. Probably should give platelets and sign up for the marrow donor program as well. I will say, my significant other is also AB- so that's some crazy odds.
 
I was lining up to donate for the first time, but then I somehow managed to get a cold on the day and couldn't do it. :(
I'm hoping to reschedule soon though.
 
They don't pay you for plasma donations in Australia, I try to donate every 2 weeks. Although I'm O+, they still seem to love my plasma as I'm CMV-.
I like the suggesting as adding them to your phone as 'Vampires' btw. :)
 
Yup, 3-4 times a year. Apparently about 2% of those eligible actually donate, so it's the least I can do really. My family's been affected by blood cancer so if my blood and bone marrow is a match for someone that needs it out there, I know it can really make a difference.
 
I give blood for the use of my plasma - it's universal! My blood is rather useless to give to someone else unless you're the exact match; but I'll gladly take all of yours.
 
I started donating at 18 and I use to volunteer at blood drives on my campus with my college friends. I've still been donating semi-regularly for about half my life now. Feels good helping others and I feel I receive good karma from it.

The finger prick is also the worst part for me. The actual needle doesn't bother me because my blood flows pretty slowly, so I don't worry that my blood flows out of control. I also think about vampires biting humans non-lethally and I imagine that's how it feels. I never passed out when donating but one time I felt light-headed because I forgot to drink enough water before the donation.
 
I've donated blood fairly consistently since high school, 53 times now.

It takes about an hour since the Red Cross is nearby and they call you up when it's time to donate again.

I've stopped eating their cookies too. Now it's trail mix and raisins and nuts.

It's good karma.
 
Featheredkitten said:
I would, quite honestly, love to donate blood. But alas:

"You are not eligible to donate if:

From January 1, 1980, through December 31, 1996, you spent (visited or lived) a cumulative time of 3 months or more, in the United Kingdom (UK)"
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I used to donate every 56 days like clockwork, but then the whole "Mad-Cow in the UK" thing popped up and I was no longer eligible to donate.
 
I did when I was in college because the donation drives came to me, I just needed to take 15 minutes to stop in my university center.

Its out of sight and out of mind when I'm doing the daily life thing.
 
The blood bus came to work a couple of weeks ago and I was going to donate but they now have a new rule... No donating for 5 months after a colonoscopy. Seems rather a long time to wait if they are worried about someone who might have a for a perforated colon. Usually I donate once or twice a year. The bloodconnection offers either a t-shirt or a pair of movie tickets. Sometimes some free Brewsters ice-cream. I think the reason they don't pay cash for blood is that you'll have a lot more people lying on the predonation quiz just to get the money and there will be a lot more contaminated blood in the system. Their testing isn't 100% effective.
 
I could use the extra income, and I'm considering donating plasma sometime starting within the next few days at a place near Akron, Ohio. Need to find out how much they pay, though. I think it's probably around $35ish plus reward points that accumulate with each visit, best I can figure from the website.

I have O- blood, and I used to donate a lot prior to this year, but moved to a new state (PA to Ohio) and haven't done so yet.
 
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