I'm feeling a bit self righteous at the moment...

[EltonFrog]

I'm currently at NBTS at the JR in Oxford donating platelets for the second time. I have free Internet, tea and biscuits.

I started doing this when my best friend was dying of cancer last year, and I saw other cancer patients getting transfusions.

I expect a lot of you lot have given blood, this is the same, but they use the white stuff and I get the red stuff back.

 

[thom]

I'm currently at NBTS at the JR in Oxford donating platelets for the second time. I have free Internet, tea and biscuits.

I started doing this when my best friend was dying of cancer last year, and I saw other cancer patients getting transfusions.

I expect a lot of have given blood, this is the same, but they use the white stuff and I get the red stuff back.

Good stuff - years ago the very same place attempted to take my platelets but couldn't find enough of the required quality.

 

[EltonFrog]

Me lips are tingling, which is an odd sensation

 

[Maz]

I'll be giving blood next week, InshaAllah.
I'll ask about them about platelet donating as well, whilst I'm there.

 

[EltonFrog]

I'll be giving blood next week, InshaAllah.
I'll ask about them about platelet donating as well, whilst I'm there.

If you do platelets you can't give blood as well apparently.

 

[Maz]

If you do platelets you can't give blood as well apparently.

Ah! So you're just a platelet donor? You don't give blood?
I've been giving blood for about 15 years+

 

[EltonFrog]

Ah! So you're just a platelet donor? You don't give blood?
I've been giving blood for about 15 years+

I am now. Up until last year I had donated blood 43 times.

 

[Globalti]

You GET THE RED STUFF BACK?

Isn't that doping?

Where do I sign up?

 

[EltonFrog]

You GET THE RED STUFF BACK?

Isn't that doping?

Where do I sign up?

Busted!

 

[Drago]

Everyone will be at it now Armstrongs fessed up.

 

[EltonFrog]

Everyone will be at it now Armstrongs fessed up.

It must've cost a fortune, the disposable equipment they use to do a platelet donation is £90 a pop per person.

 

[EltonFrog]

Back home now, nice piece of home made ginger cake and a cuppa. I have got a bit of a hurty arm though.

 

[Archie_tect]

How do they separate the platelets from the haemoglobin?

[Edit: Sorry, I should've just goggled that... I'll go and do it now...
Edit2: Aha! ...should've said red blood cells not haemoglobin]

 

[EltonFrog]

How do they separate the platelets from the haemoglobin?

[Edit: Sorry, I should've just goggled that... I'll go and do it now...]

I googled it and wished I hadn't! But they stick a hole in ya arm take out the blood put it in a HUGE Ronco record cleaner like whizzy thing, put the white stuff in a placcy bag, to use later for folk what is poorly, stuff the red stuff back in somewhere. That last bit can make your lips tingle a bit.

 

[Archie_tect]

Respect Carl... I usually faint when they take 10m never mind an armful!