Successful Blood Donation

[Arnold Grape]

Finally decided to schedule and commit to the standard blood donation at the ARC Blood Drive at my work. The whole thing, including a five minute Rapid Pass questionnaire that I filled out, took approximately 35 minutes in total. Side effects would include a slight light headed feeling and a moderate thirst. I also felt minor asthmatic symptoms for the first 1.5-2 hours thereafter, which signaled to me that the blood loss could have incurred some type of minor inflammation.

The blood donation segued into a feeling of moderate calm and a renewed ability to think clearly. (I would compare this mental clarity to taking approximately .5 grams of Aspirin and drinking a cup of coffee.) I also had the feeling that my progesterone levels had raised or at least that was the feeling that has been approximated in the 1.5 days afterward. My appetite also felt somewhat robust.

My eff-up was drinking 1.5 cups of coffee after dinner and then negotiating the Upstate NY summer heat, which possibly induced some minor dehydration symptoms. The overall, however, was a net positive. I plan on going again the next time I am able in about another month.

 

[Luk3]

Are you even allowed to have another one so soon? I may be wrong, but I think you have to wait a few months here in the UK. However long you wait, I’d get your iron tested before you do. One blood donation lowered my ferritin from 230 to 63!

 

[Arnold Grape]

Are you even allowed to have another one so soon? I may be wrong, but I think you have to wait a few months here in the UK. However long you wait, I’d get your iron tested before you do. One blood donation lowered my ferritin from 230 to 63!

The paperwork that the American Red Cross gave to me says that I can donate again on 10/8/19 (so I messed that up): that does seem rather soon, however, I have no way to gauge what my actual ferritin levels might be. It would be interesting for others to weigh in on how many times they donate, annually. My suspicion is that my bloodstream is not good, due in large part to titanium implants that I have in my legs because of a car accident.

 

[Blossom]

Congrats @Arnold Grape!

 

[Regina]

connecting the dots. I can't help but see a connection to the issues brought up in the above video with Palantir and with Thiel's personal interest in receiving and selling blood.

 

[Regina]

Bamily/MagNation

 

[Bozidar]

Hi

I am planning to donate blood and I would like to do it sooner then later. The purpose would be to lower iron. Transferrin saturation is at 42%.
To do a standard blood donation there is a long questionnaire here in Switzerland and since I have been to US recently I need to wait for at least a month and who knows if there is going to be any other hang-ups.

Long story short. If for some reason I am not able to do regular blood donation, is there a way to draw blood anyways and throw it away?
I know Paul Saladino is doing it to himself. That I dont want to do.

I was searching a bit online, but I cannot find alternatives.
Can I just go to a hospital and pay just to do phlebotomy and throw the blood away or how would I go about it if not standard blood donation?

Thanks

 

[Bozidar]

Anyone?