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Leaving in an hour for apheresis for the first time

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silverpig

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I've donated whole blood many times before but today is my first time doing apheresis. For those who don't know it's a procedure where they take out your blood, spin it in a machine and separate off the platelets, then put the rest back into you. Platelets are needed especially for people with some types of cancer. I'm O- so they treat me really well when I go in 🙂

I'm just thankful I managed to get rid of the cold I had earlier this week.

Has anyone else here donated platelets before? How'd it go?


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That was pretty cool actually. It feels weird when the cold blood (they don't re-heat it) goes back in your body, and my lips and face went all numb from the anti-coagulant they put in. They also took an extra cup of plasma for burn victims. On the plus side, I got to watch Life of Brian during the donation.
 
Isn't that the same as the Double Red? If so yah, I've done it - really wasn't that bad, and got out of work for an hour and a half.
 
i do the silly thing every time i give blood, which is every time they let me, its really no different then normal

it will feel a lil strange when they strat pumping stuff back into you and its colder then what went out, but other then that you get to lie in a confier bed and they give you a blanket and bring you drinks

and as dougp said you get outta work longer for it if you give at work
 
Originally posted by: Anubis
i do the silly thing every time i give blood, which is every time they let me, its really no different then normal

it will feel a lil strange when they strat pumping stuff back into you and its colder then what went out, but other then that you get to lie in a confier bed and they give you a blanket and bring you drinks

and as dougp said you get outta work longer for it if you give at work
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Apparently I can go every 2 weeks for this. With whole blood it's every 8 weeks.
 
Originally posted by: silverpig
Originally posted by: Anubis
i do the silly thing every time i give blood, which is every time they let me, its really no different then normal

it will feel a lil strange when they strat pumping stuff back into you and its colder then what went out, but other then that you get to lie in a confier bed and they give you a blanket and bring you drinks

and as dougp said you get outta work longer for it if you give at work
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Apparently I can go every 2 weeks for this. With whole blood it's every 8 weeks.
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ahh yes, basicially same thing, no place around here does Plats only. but i do dbl at work every time there are here, mainily because i get to enter to win 1 of 2 free 46inch 1080p TVs 2x because i donate dbl red
 
Originally posted by: NSFW
Originally posted by: Anubis
Originally posted by: ElFenix
do they warm it back up before they put it back in?
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yes its warm but its not body temp and it feels a lil strange but thats about it
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I could do some damage with this quote.
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Remember, it's only necrophilia if the body is room temperature.


 
I donate whole blood. I have never done blood parts. I was about to donate again monday but I had a bad dental infection recently and was on alot of antibiotics and pain medications.
 
Originally posted by: nakedfrog
I used to sell plasma years ago. $40 per week. I have a faint scar from the needles, now.
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This, I think rates are up some and I could get some reading in while I was doing it if I could ignore the tvs.
 
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