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Author Topic: Do you donate blood? Bill Enos Film God Posts: 2081 From: Richmond, Virginia, USA Registered: Apr 2000 posted 04-12-2005 07:51 PM                     I donate blood on a regular basis, nothing to it, the whole thing takes less than an hour. The Richmond Metropolitan Blood Service supplies blood and blood derivitives to all of central Va. at no charge to anyone who has ever donated and for just an administrative fee to others. Supplies in excess of needs to the area go elsewhere and to the Red Cross which is out of the collection side of it here.  |  IP: Logged Scott D. Neff Theatre Dork Posts: 919 From: San Francisco, CA Registered: Oct 1999 posted 04-12-2005 08:44 PM                        I don't donate blood for much the same reason Danny states above. Since they have the silly rules that homosexuals can't donate blood. Cause silly straight people are never out there having unprotected sex and contracting blood-born diseases!!! Oh, and because needles creep me out. And feeling blood surging OUT of your veins creeps me out too. I hate getting blood tests letalone having it pumped out of me. I am an organ donor though, although my little tiny red sticker peeled off my drivers license the 2nd or 3rd time I took it out of my wallet to show my ID. I figure when I die I want to be creamated anyway, so they can go ahead and give out the best of me before they light up.  |  IP: Logged Rachel Craven Madam Moderator Posts: 2190 From: Pensacola, FL Registered: Dec 2000 posted 04-12-2005 09:06 PM                     I used to donate plasma while I was in Wisconsin, and yes, I got paid. I've also donated blood for free. For some reason, donating blood never bothered me but I couldn't keep donating plasma for that long because every time I did it my blood pressure dropped way below the normal level...  |  IP: Logged Jennifer Pan THE JEN! Posts: 1219 From: Denver, Colorado Registered: Nov 2003 posted 04-12-2005 09:31 PM                        My friend was telling me that the blood bank place pays up to $180 a month. It's probably done twice a month.  |  IP: Logged Phil Hill I love my cootie bug Posts: 7595 From: Hollywood, CA USA Registered: Mar 2000 posted 04-12-2005 09:38 PM                  There's something about getting paid for donating that reminds me of the NYC druggies that need $$$ to support a habit. I have given blood many times to the Red Cross cuz as others have said, you never know when you need to cash in on your deposits. And besides, if I can help those in need... so be it.  |  IP: Logged Bobby Henderson "Ask me about Trajan." Posts: 10973 From: Lawton, OK, USA Registered: Apr 2001 posted 04-12-2005 10:29 PM                     In Oklahoma, if you donate once to the Oklahoma Blood Institute you're covered for any transfusion needs for one year. With additional donations, you can credit your donation to cover family members or put points toward covering people in your workplace, civic club, etc. quote: Since they have the silly rules that homosexuals can't donate blood. Cause silly straight people are never out there having unprotected sex and contracting blood-born diseases!!! There's a lot of sex-related questions on the forms I fill out that apply to straight people -a "yes" on any will prevent you from being able to donate. The forms have a lot more non-sexual related questions that prevent a great deal of others from being able to donate. Maybe I'm wrong, but I don't think homosexual men are being singled out on this. Most of my straight friends are unable to donate for some odd reason or another. On top of that, even if you can get past the questionaire, it may turn out you don't have enough iron in your blood. That knocks a lot of ladies out of being able to donate. Of course, anyone hell-bent on donating blood can lie about what they've done, what countries they've visited or what medical treatments they may have had --just so they can have the warm fuzzy feeling that they donated blood. IMHO, anyone who intends to go that far is being a selfish prick. Sorry to sound harsh about it, but the blood networks are not there to make a donor feel good about him or herself. They're there to help others in serious medical need. I don't enjoy having a thick needle run up into my arm. It's not too fun either if that thing vibrates in your vein when the machine reverses flow for reinfusion. But there's so few A-positive platelet donors in my state that I'm going to feel seriously guilty if I don't offer to help. However, I'm not going to offer my blood to others unless I know its absolutely safe. I have been leading a pretty damned uneventful love life the past few years, so I have no doubts in that area.  |  IP: Logged Rachel Craven Madam Moderator Posts: 2190 From: Pensacola, FL Registered: Dec 2000 posted 04-12-2005 10:53 PM                     I donated plasma for money while I was in college and quite broke... We got $20 for the first time in a week and $30 for the second time in a week. You could only donate twice each week for a total of $400/month. I usually only went once a week or less because my body couldn't handle any more then that. The also took plasma by weight so they were getting plenty off me!  |  IP: Logged R. Andrew Diercks Expert Film Handler Posts: 232 From: Marion, Iowa (In the middle of everywhere) Registered: May 2003 posted 04-13-2005 12:20 AM                     If you get paid it's hardly "donating" anything. You're really selling it. Yes, I have donated 2 gallons of blood. I also donated a kidney to my father last summer. I haven't donated blood since about 2 months prior to transplant but I will resume again sometime soon. Both of my parents are donating their bodies to University of Nebraska medical centers for research upon death. They are quite the pair to study too. I am undecided on the whole research thing, but I probably will do the same.  |  IP: Logged William Hooper Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1879 From: Mobile, AL USA Registered: Jun 99 posted 04-13-2005 03:22 AM                        All these technical people who know how hard it can be to find parts are donating their organs! It's so generous & understanding! My will states that when I die, I would like to be mummified, placed in an amusement park, & utilized as one of those "You must be as tall as my hand" things.  |  IP: Logged Leo Enticknap Film God Posts: 7474 From: Loma Linda, CA Registered: Jul 2000 posted 04-13-2005 03:43 AM                        Sorry - forgot to mention. I am barred from donating blood because I was once treated for Guillain-Barré Syndrome. This involved receiving immunoglobulin infusions. It is believed that at the time (1993), there was a tiny but theoretically possible risk that the immunoglobulin could be infected with Variant-CJD (aka 'mad cow disease'), and therefore anyone who has received this stuff cannot donate blood, as a precaution against further infection. That's another thing I prefer not to think about, as there's no cure for V-CJD, and dying from it is neither quick nor pleasant. But as there have been about 70 deaths out of a UK population of 57 million, it really isn't worth worrying about. I'm far more likely to meet my maker driving down the A19 this evening, I guess.  |  IP: Logged Mark Hajducki Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 500 From: Edinburgh, UK Registered: May 2003 posted 04-13-2005 07:20 AM                     Have given blood once (have been sent a card asking for me to go in and donate again). When donaiting the needle came out of my arm so I had to have it switched to my other arm. In the UK there is no payment made to donators (or paid by recipiants) A sample of the questionaire that donars have to fill in is avaliable from This website  |  IP: Logged Jeffry L. Johnson Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 809 From: Cleveland, Ohio, USA Registered: Apr 2000 posted 04-13-2005 09:38 AM                        I made it past 2 gallons with the American Red Cross, but I am now on permanent deferral. I can neither donate blood nor be an organ donor. I also worked in an HLA (Histocompatibility) laboratory for 15 years and was a perpetual donor in the lab because of my HLA antigens. (Being a frequent lab donor basically stopped my donations to the Red Cross.)  |  IP: Logged Tim Reed Better Projection Pays Posts: 5246 From: Northampton, PA Registered: Sep 1999 posted 04-13-2005 03:09 PM                       They gave out free cookies, so I ate there three times a day, seven days a week. I stopped going when I cut myself shaving and nothing came out but air. --Steve Martin, The Jerk  |  IP: Logged Ian Price Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1714 From: Denver, CO Registered: Jun 99 posted 04-13-2005 05:48 PM                     I was donating blood, but it has become a pain. First they would break out the atlas and the books because I spent a week in Tunisia 15-years-ago. Then they told me that I couldn't donate for a year after my trip to India. So I guess I can donate again come August.  |  IP: Logged Jarryd Beard Expert Film Handler Posts: 229 From: Hellertown, PA Registered: Jul 2004 posted 04-13-2005 06:16 PM                     I've donated twice. They had a hard time finding a vein the last time. About half way through my draining, I noticed the blood stopped. I spent the next 20 minutes with a woman moving the needle around in my arm. (I wasn't just going to quit and let that blood that had already been collected go to waste.) That was about two years ago; I haven't done it since. I should, though. Yes, I'm also and organ donor as well. However, I have heard stories about doctors being real fuckin greedy when it comes to potential organ donors. I certainly hope these are false. I don't want to be treated any different just because I might be able to offer a kidney. Hopefully, I'm never in a situation that severe.  |  IP: Logged

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