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    Originally posted by NoPulp
    I really wish I would...

    I'm perfectly fine with needles. I'm not fine with the thing sticking in my arm for a period of time... just makes me feel sick. Even the thought of it makes my body ache. I don't understand.
    I have a relative like this. Totally fine for the first five minutes, but after ten minutes, cold sweat and nausea. That person has been asked to stop trying after several aborted attempts.
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    Originally posted by NoPulp
    I really wish I would...

    I'm perfectly fine with needles. I'm not fine with the thing sticking in my arm for a period of time... just makes me feel sick. Even the thought of it makes my body ache. I don't understand.

    Ginger blood is probably toxic anyways.
    C'mon, come with me and donate platelets, 75+ minutes hooked up to the machine and the wonderful lip tingles on your last return, sometimes finger and chest tingles too. Good times.

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    I'll be donating platelets for the first time this coming Saturday!

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    Originally posted by Dirty_SOHC
    I'll be donating platelets for the first time this coming Saturday!
    I'll warm up the machine for you this evening with my 149th donation, please do report back on your experience. Be forewarned, grab a bunch of reading material before you get hooked up and also go to the bathroom even if you don't need to because the fluids they'll pump back into you can sometimes have your back teeth floating near the end of the session. Also, keep your liquid consumption low before your donation so you don't have the same problem as well. Take the heat and blanket if offered plus the Tums - most people will cool down and the Tums, well they'll explain that.

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    Oops, donation 145 right now and a large (double) volume one as well, about 75 minutes hooked up to the machine. Platelet count was 290 (290,000) tonight, last time three weeks ago was 245 - both were good for large volume donations.

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    I received many units of donated blood not even two years ago, while fighting cancer. So thank you to the people who donate!

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    Originally posted by Dirty_SOHC
    I'll be donating platelets for the first time this coming Saturday!
    My appointment to donate platelets was a bust, as the lady forgot to pencil my appointment in.

    The clinic was full and the next available weekend session is in late March...

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    tried to in the UK, was told that my skin condition (eczema) was too bad at the time and they couldn't poke my arm with the needle.

    Obviously can't in Canada, due to being born in the UK and living there during the BSE/vCJD saga

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    I had a bad experience with the first and only time I've done it. My guess is the nurse inserted it incorrectly as I felt a dull pain/discomfort the entire time, apparently it supposed to be a near painless process. The next day my entire forearm was in various shades of red/black/purple.

    Haven't gone since. Too afraid at this point. lol
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    They rejected me last time I tried. Apparently having mononucleosis 8 years ago was enough to send me away. I am going to try again at a different place and see what they say.

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    Originally posted by speedog
    Oops, donation 145 right now and a large (double) volume one as well, about 75 minutes hooked up to the machine. Platelet count was 290 (290,000) tonight, last time three weeks ago was 245 - both were good for large volume donations.

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    Dammm that is a lot of platelet donations, I think i did like 5 or 6 but I am back to whole blood for now (so much faster). I am at 25 total as of Yesterday.

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    Originally posted by BigDL


    Dammm that is a lot of platelet donations, I think i did like 5 or 6 but I am back to whole blood for now (so much faster). I am at 25 total as of Yesterday.
    Am booked out until the end of the year, every two weeks, accounting for times I might have to cancel, I should be good for at least another 12-15 this year.

    A lot of donations is the plasma people - some over 700, can do that weekly and takes less time on the machine as opposed to platelets. Platelet donor are more difficult to come by for whatever reason and they like me because I'm usually good for a large volume or double donation every time I go, high platelet counts.

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    Not technically allowed to donate blood if ive had a tattoo within the last year.. and i get a couple additions a year so..

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    146 right now, large volume (double) donation matched to 59 year old lady with acute leukemia at Peter Lougheed.
    Will fuck off, again.

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    Originally posted by Sugarphreak
    I get crazy dizzy/faint even when I just a small amount of blood sampled for testing... I don't know if it is just a physiological thing with needles/blood (I hated needles when I was young) or something else that is medical in nature.

    Last time I had a blood sample I ended up getting so light headed I had to lay down for nearly an hour before I could even walk around. I can't even imagine what giving blood would do to me.
    Both my father-in-law and brother-in-law will faint at the sight of their own blood and especially so if being withdrawn from them like you're speaking of.

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    #151 tonight, every three weeks now.
    Will fuck off, again.

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    So donation 155 is in the books, large volume (a double) because platelet count was at 286. Total time on machine tonight was 71 minutes, total time from walking in to leaving building was 99 minutes, breakdown as follows...

    1839 arrive
    1845 in screening (temperature and blood pressure ramen, questionnaire verified)
    1855 in chair
    1900 needle inserted
    2001 rinse back started (final return of collected non-platelet materials)
    2010 rinse back completed
    2011 disconnected from machine (another several minutes to ensure needle site is closed)
    2018 leaving building

    My time on the machine is quite low, tonight's actual measured donation process was 61 minutes (needle insert to start of rinse back) and sometimes I've been as fast as 56 minutes - many platelet donors take this long if not longer for a single donation. There is nothing known that you can do to increase your platelet count, it is just what it is.
    Will fuck off, again.

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    Originally posted by speedog
    1839 arrive
    And just so everyone's clear, this was the year of speedog's first donation.

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