Give Blood. It may save a life...YOURS!
Jul 26, 2009, 11:07 pm
#212
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When you give blood, you reduce your iron level. So by giving blood today, I was able to bring down my iron level.
I wouldn't even know that my iron level was high unless I gave blood, or went for a check-up.
The otherr way to know if you're iron level is high is by looking in the mirror. Is your face a little redder than normal? How about your ears? This is a warning sign.
A friend of mine had high iron and didn't know it. After he died, his entire family got tested. Several of them now give blood regularly to reduce their high level of iron in their blood.
Bottom line, give blood. It may save YOUR life.
I wouldn't even know that my iron level was high unless I gave blood, or went for a check-up.
The otherr way to know if you're iron level is high is by looking in the mirror. Is your face a little redder than normal? How about your ears? This is a warning sign.
A friend of mine had high iron and didn't know it. After he died, his entire family got tested. Several of them now give blood regularly to reduce their high level of iron in their blood.
Bottom line, give blood. It may save YOUR life.
Due to differences in physiology and eating habits, men are much less likely than women to have low iron, but are much more likely than women to have iron overload.
Nov 14, 2009, 12:05 pm
#213
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: Indianapolis, IN USA
Posts: 2,066
Your blood type is: O+
Last Donation:
Date: 11/11/2009
Type: Whole Blood
Location: North Branch
Last Cholesterol: 201
Year to Date:
Credits: 5
Gallons: 5/8 th(s)
Lifetime to Date:
Donations: 21
Gallons: 2 & 5/8 th(s)
Whole Blood: 01/06/2010
Platelets: 11/14/2009
Plasma: 12/09/2009
Last Donation:
Date: 11/11/2009
Type: Whole Blood
Location: North Branch
Last Cholesterol: 201
Year to Date:
Credits: 5
Gallons: 5/8 th(s)
Lifetime to Date:
Donations: 21
Gallons: 2 & 5/8 th(s)
Whole Blood: 01/06/2010
Platelets: 11/14/2009
Plasma: 12/09/2009
Nov 20, 2009, 3:58 pm
#214
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donated today
bp 98* over 60
pulse: 77
*yes a little low even for me as i average around 106-110 but i did not sleep well last night and "decided to wake up"
at 3:30am
pulse: 77
*yes a little low even for me as i average around 106-110 but i did not sleep well last night and "decided to wake up"
at 3:30am
Nov 21, 2009, 9:01 am
#216
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Nov 23, 2009, 6:11 am
#217
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Nov 23, 2009, 12:35 pm
#218
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our local hospital (UCSF) blood bank often gives xmas gifts to longtime donors
PLUS their phlebotomists are way more skilled than the local blood center...and t's 2 blocks from my house...and their donuts are fresher...all around it's a win-win...
still trying to get up the nerve to do apherisis....
still trying to get up the nerve to do apherisis....
Nov 23, 2009, 1:43 pm
#219
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the blood center for me is also a 2 block walk and they usually offer movie passes (tho last nov/dec they added a free flu shot). my last time this past friday-bupkes
Jan 13, 2010, 1:20 pm
#221
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I really wish I could, being AB- makes it a little more pressing (nothing like having an operation a few years ago and being told that it would be a good idea to give blood so they had some 'on hand').
Alas, I lived the first 33 years of my life in the UK and that automatically excludes me, even though I haven't (yet) started acting like a mad cow.
- Tim
Alas, I lived the first 33 years of my life in the UK and that automatically excludes me, even though I haven't (yet) started acting like a mad cow.
- Tim
Jan 13, 2010, 1:29 pm
#222
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I'm excluded for a year now, since our Make-A-Wish trip to the Galapagos and Ecuador last year. But as soon as that time is up (June), I'll be right back to giving about once a quarter. I had always given, but having seen the need first hand (my son had about 20 transfusions, either whole blood or platelets) during treatment, now I've really got to pay it forward.
Jan 16, 2010, 6:49 pm
#223
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got my two month reminder e-mail on friday and donated today.
Jan 16, 2010, 8:37 pm
#224
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I really wish I could, being AB- makes it a little more pressing (nothing like having an operation a few years ago and being told that it would be a good idea to give blood so they had some 'on hand').
Alas, I lived the first 33 years of my life in the UK and that automatically excludes me, even though I haven't (yet) started acting like a mad cow.
- Tim
Alas, I lived the first 33 years of my life in the UK and that automatically excludes me, even though I haven't (yet) started acting like a mad cow.
- Tim
Feb 9, 2010, 10:07 am
#225
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: Indianapolis, IN USA
Posts: 2,066
Your blood type is: O+
Last Donation:
Date: 02/02/2010
Type: Whole Blood
Location: North Branch
Last Cholesterol: 186
Year to Date:
Credits: 1
Gallons: 1/8 th(s)
Lifetime to Date:
Donations: 22
Gallons: 2 & 6/8 th(s)
Whole Blood: 03/30/2010
Platelets: NOW
Plasma: 03/02/2010
Last Donation:
Date: 02/02/2010
Type: Whole Blood
Location: North Branch
Last Cholesterol: 186
Year to Date:
Credits: 1
Gallons: 1/8 th(s)
Lifetime to Date:
Donations: 22
Gallons: 2 & 6/8 th(s)
Whole Blood: 03/30/2010
Platelets: NOW
Plasma: 03/02/2010