I just registered as a blood donor!

by Crumpet 35 Replies latest jw experiences

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  Fe2O3Girl

  https://secure.blood.co.uk/c11_cant.asp

  You should not give blood if:

  1	You've already given blood in the last 12 weeks (normally, you must wait 16 weeks).
  2	You have a chesty cough, sore throat or active cold sore.
  3	You're currently taking antibiotics or you have just finished a course within the last seven days.
  4	You've had hepatitis or jaundice in the last 12 months.
  5	You've had ear or body piercing or tattoos in the last 6 months.
  6	You've had acupuncture in the last 6 months outside the NHS (unless you can produce the approved certificate from your acupuncturist or physiotherapist).
  7	A member of your family (parent, brother, sister or child) has suffered with CJD (Creutzfeld-Jakob Disease).
  8	You've ever received human pituitary extract (which was used in some growth hormone or fertility treatments before 1985).
  9	You have received blood or think you may have received blood during the course of any medical treatment or procedure anywhere in the world since 1st January 1980.
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  zeroday

  You've already given blood in the last 12 weeks (normally, you must wait 16 weeks).

  That's strange. We can give blood every 8 weeks...
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  blondie

  It's an 8 week wait between donations here and a 6 month wait after having had a tattoo.

  Good for you, Crumpet. I figure if I will take a transfusion, I should be willing to donate unless there are health considerations.

  Blondie
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  done4good

  Congrats, Crumpet!

  This is on my to do list...

  j
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  new boy

  Please don't........There are other ways of finding enough money to go to Dallas. Why sell pieces of your body?
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  found-my-way

  If I could, I would

  I dont meet the weight requirement...
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  DJK

  My wife was disqualified from donating to the Red Cross because she was underweight. Can you imagine a woman being depressed because she was underweight? I can because I lived it.

  I never heard any questions about tattoo's. I was asked when I had my last cigarette and I had to wait an extra 20 minutes before they would take my blood. Something about body temperature. My blood is very popular so I donate when the need is/may be high. Hurricane Katrina was the last time.
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  Clam

  Hi Crumpet,

  Good for you. I've been a donor for a couple of years and I'm very proud of myself. There's a shortage of blood in the UK at the moment too. I think you'll find you can't give blood for a while due to being tattooed though.

  Clam

  1	You've already given blood in the last 12 weeks (normally, you must wait 16 weeks).
  2	You have a chesty cough, sore throat or active cold sore.
  3	You're currently taking antibiotics or you have just finished a course within the last seven days.
  4	You've had hepatitis or jaundice in the last 12 months.
  5	You've had ear or body piercing or tattoos in the last 6 months.
  6	You've had acupuncture in the last 6 months outside the NHS (unless you can produce the approved certificate from your acupuncturist or physiotherapist).
  7	A member of your family (parent, brother, sister or child) has suffered with CJD (Creutzfeld-Jakob Disease).
  8	You've ever received human pituitary extract (which was used in some growth hormone or fertility treatments before 1985).
  9	You have been to a gathering for former Jehovahs Witnesses in Dallas, Texas. in the last 6 months.
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  BrentR

  I remember how liberating it was to become a blood donor right after I escaped the Borg. My blood type (O-) is in high demand because it is the universal donor type. However since I have antigens to a disease I never had the only way to continue donating was to get a very uncomfortable swab test every six months. Without getting into an "overshare" story after two years of that I could not deal with it anymore so I no longer donate.

  This is very frustrating to me because O- is extremely needed by the blood banks. Maybe some day they will change that protocol since I am sure I am not the only one out there with this dilema.
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  BFD

  First hug/kiss with an American on American soil?

  Do you have a lay over in NY? I am an Italian American born here in the good ole US of A.

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