I tried donating blood today.

i do get blood donor every 2 months but im not chick out!!
 
I cannot give blood due to my size..lol and I do notttt like needles anyways...i'd prolly pass out...soo better that I don't give blood...but I go with my gf to watch:)
 
I guess I shouldn't share the picture of the needle in my arm from last month lol
 
I do not mind donating blood. I will try again soon. Probably after Christmas. Do not want another huge painful bruise like I did before.
 
Today my mother got a call from the blood bank hoping to get me to donate platelets. Apparently I'm one of small percentage of group that can do this.

I'll give them a call and make a booking. They always make sure an interpreter is available for my appointment.

I have only donated one time this year. Feel bad but cannot be helped as my iron level and vitamin b12 level was very low this year.

Anyway, have anyone donated platelets before?
 
Miss-Delectable said:
Today my mother got a call from the blood bank hoping to get me to donate platelets. Apparently I'm one of small percentage of group that can do this.

I'll give them a call and make a booking. They always make sure an interpreter is available for my appointment.

I have only donated one time this year. Feel bad but cannot be helped as my iron level and vitamin b12 level was very low this year.

Anyway, have anyone donated platelets before?
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My boyfriend and I are both donors. :)

But I hate needles with a passion and yet I still go to give blood.

He has the rare O- and whenever he comes in the supervising nurse looks at him like a vampire. "I need your blood!" :lol:

He is also one of the few that they take platelets from too. I tried to offer them to take mine but I haven't heard from them on that yet.



On a side note: As a rule to prevent a person from being anemic, after donating blood there is a waiting period of 52 days.
 
My 2 older sisters are AB+. Me? I am lowly A+. BUT I am one of the few skinny people that can given double and sometimes triple donations of platelets. NYS Blood Services emails me on a regular basis cause of this trait. I also give blood on a regular basis. I am on the verge of getting on the prestigious "Gallon Club"

I had an argument with my Bio Prof recently saying that there was no way that 2 out of 3 sisters had such a rare blood type.
My ex husband also says that I couldn't possibly be A+. He's A- and he insists that I must be A- cause I didn't have any problems with an RH factor with my son. I just roll my eyes and tell him that it just proves that my son is A+ like I am.

My bf also has Hemochromatosis. He says that since the blood is too rich, it's not useful for donation.
 
I just found out the my youngest niece is AB+....so now there is 3 poeple in my family with the third rarest blood type.
 
Babyblue said:
I went and tried donating blood today. It was a complete mess. Usually, they struggle to find a good pumper in my arm. They found one. I think they either stuck the needle in wrong, or pierced the vein all the way through. All of a sudden my arm starting burning like it was on fire. A huge hematoma has developed. They had to take the needle out. Now I have a huge painful hematoma on my arm. They told me to keep ice on and off of it tonight. And that it will be sore for a few days. The poor lady kept apologizing. I told her it is OK, and I will try again Next month. :shock:

I always end up with bruises when I donate. but Never had anything like this happen.


Any of you want to share you experiences? Can be about donating blood or about having your blood drawn.
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Hi Baby blue
i suffered similar state 2 days back
i have developed hematoma over the area whee i gave blood
Doesnt pain much bu should i go to Doctor or let it stay???

please advice
 
I did donated my blood years ago at high school and I was a little bit under 110 lbs. So they had to find out my blood group type and also tested for iron count... back then my iron count was higher than normal level.

So I was able to donate my blood for the first time.
 
this thread is worse than a horror film...i skipped pages..as the first page just chills me with this 'broken needle inside my vein' yuck...
 
Babyblue said:
I went and tried donating blood today. It was a complete mess. Usually, they struggle to find a good pumper in my arm. They found one. I think they either stuck the needle in wrong, or pierced the vein all the way through. All of a sudden my arm starting burning like it was on fire. A huge hematoma has developed. They had to take the needle out. Now I have a huge painful hematoma on my arm. They told me to keep ice on and off of it tonight. And that it will be sore for a few days. The poor lady kept apologizing. I told her it is OK, and I will try again Next month. :shock:

I always end up with bruises when I donate. but Never had anything like this happen.


Any of you want to share you experiences? Can be about donating blood or about having your blood drawn.
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one life saved one hematoma you got the pleasure of knowing you done good thing today:D
 
Babyblue said:
I went and tried donating blood today. It was a complete mess. Usually, they struggle to find a good pumper in my arm. They found one. I think they either stuck the needle in wrong, or pierced the vein all the way through. All of a sudden my arm starting burning like it was on fire. A huge hematoma has developed. They had to take the needle out. Now I have a huge painful hematoma on my arm. They told me to keep ice on and off of it tonight. And that it will be sore for a few days. The poor lady kept apologizing. I told her it is OK, and I will try again Next month. :shock:

I always end up with bruises when I donate. but Never had anything like this happen.

Any of you want to share you experiences? Can be about donating blood or about having your blood drawn.
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I had the same thing happen years ago. I laid on the cot for two hours trying to give one pint. The bag never did fill up, so they threw it out. My arm burned the whole time, and by next day my whole upper arm was black and blue and swollen.

Even giving just enough blood for blood tests is hard for me, so I don't try to donate anymore. There was only one time, when I was very young, that they managed to get enough blood to use for a donation.
 
I've only given blood once, in high school, I had just made the weight cut. At first it was going okay at first then my blood stopped going into the bag. So the nurse comes over and starts wiggling the needle back and forth and pushing down on it with her thumb. I remember thinking *bitch that needle is IN my arm* I remember having a huge bruise but I don't remember if I filled the bag. Probably, because it would have been memorable if they stopped in the middle, so it must have started pumping again.

A few years later I went with my sister, her husband and one if their friends to the Boston Children's Hospital to donate blood for my niece. She was going to have heart surgery and we're the same type. They wouldn't take my blood though, my blood pressure was too low. The nurse was very snotty about it too, she asked me in a nasty tone "did you even eat today?" Gah!! I had McDonald's in the car on the way there, a Big Mac fries and soda!! It's just always low, even when I was pregnant it was low.

So I've never tried again.
 
are you paid for your blood in usa and how much would pint cost to donate and recieve
 
ambrosia said:
I've only given blood once, in high school, I had just made the weight cut. At first it was going okay at first then my blood stopped going into the bag. So the nurse comes over and starts wiggling the needle back and forth and pushing down on it with her thumb. I remember thinking *bitch that needle is IN my arm* I remember having a huge bruise but I don't remember if I filled the bag. Probably, because it would have been memorable if they stopped in the middle, so it must have started pumping again.

A few years later I went with my sister, her husband and one if their friends to the Boston Children's Hospital to donate blood for my niece. She was going to have heart surgery and we're the same type. They wouldn't take my blood though, my blood pressure was too low. The nurse was very snotty about it too, she asked me in a nasty tone "did you even eat today?" Gah!! I had McDonald's in the car on the way there, a Big Mac fries and soda!! It's just always low, even when I was pregnant it was low.

So I've never tried again.
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if i came back in time, and see you there harrassed like that, I'd jab her some big fat needles in the back and wiggle it in deep flick on the pumper and run off back into the time machine, and you'd say I dont know who the F#*k did this, never seen him before , it looks like that guy who eats sandwiches on the computer (people will think they'd drained too much blood from you to go hallucinating)... LOL
 
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