TreeHuggery
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and if you weigh less than 50kg..... they barred me cuz I kept fainting......
im giving tomorrow evening and have also said that I could do the platelets - trouble is, they never give me any decent information.
I may talk to them tomorrow evening about it.
@CarlP , 100 donations is pretty impressive. im looking forward to double figures being a late starter.
There's a comprehensive part of the Blood.co.uk website covering platelets http://www.blood.co.uk/platelets/. You can be screened at normal donor centre but have to go to a special centre where they have the cell separation machines. There are 23 in the UK
oooh, you cheeky bitch!Looking at the wrinkles, they might have taken out a little bit too much.....
From http://www.blood.co.uk/pdf/vcjd.pdfNo you can't donate if you've had blood since 1980. My problem is I don't know and was wondering whether I could find out.
Apologies for lack of clarity!
Before seeing the leeches, I contacted the hospital where I had the surgery done and the vampire lady at the blood bank confirmed that there was no transfusion record for meFrom http://www.blood.co.uk/pdf/vcjd.pdf
(see 3rd line, esp)
On the 5th April 2004 we brought in a new precautionary rule for whole blood donors. Sadly we could no longer accept blood donations from people who have received blood during the course of any medical treatment or procedure in the UK since 1st January 1980.
From the 2nd August 2004 we decided to extend this rule to include anyone who is unsure if they have had a transfusion since 1980.
That doesn't sound like much funAnother tip. Try not to eat fatty foods two days before platelet donation, fat makes the stuff all cloudy.
Maybe cos they've used it?So different from when I gave. We waltz up for our usual donation, travel was discussed and then we were immediately signed up for apheresis. May have given the first donation that day. Wonder why they can't use you previous donation for tests?