Emeraldfox Posted June 11, 2009 Share Posted June 11, 2009 Yeah. I kinda want to know how everyone feels about plasma donation. You have to be 18 to donate anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roxas Posted June 11, 2009 Share Posted June 11, 2009 5th option. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FaxyWaxy Posted June 11, 2009 Share Posted June 11, 2009 (edited) more in between the 2nd and 3rd option, its good to help and the cash isnt all that bad (without sounding wierd) Edited June 11, 2009 by Faxy Waxy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rehab Posted June 11, 2009 Share Posted June 11, 2009 We had a blood drive in my area where age wasn't a requirement, you sure you have to be X years old? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bohemund Posted June 11, 2009 Share Posted June 11, 2009 Where's the "I'm greedy, go make your own" option? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inactive Account Posted June 11, 2009 Share Posted June 11, 2009 I think there may actually be a law regarding age, though it may be state law and not federal. I do know that the Red Cross-sponsored drives around my way has a minimum age of 17... making me eligible, but first I have to conquer my stupid fear of the evil shiny pokey things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Spoon Posted June 11, 2009 Share Posted June 11, 2009 Real men donate blood. And what's with the lack of a "I feel the needle in me" option? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roxas Posted June 11, 2009 Share Posted June 11, 2009 but first I have to conquer my stupid fear of the evil shiny pokey things. OMFG. I FEEL YOU. :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Der Kommissar Posted June 11, 2009 Share Posted June 11, 2009 (edited) Free...money? That word, "donation," I don't think it means what you think it means. Donating blood (or plasma) is no big deal. It's easy, it's quick, it helps others. Were good citizenship always so simple. Edited June 11, 2009 by Urist McMiner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sara Posted June 11, 2009 Share Posted June 11, 2009 (edited) I'm not afraid of needles... There's no "I'm afraid to see my own blood. ;-;" option. Edited June 11, 2009 by Sara Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Intoner Two Posted June 11, 2009 Share Posted June 11, 2009 I typically opt out of donating my blood (exactly what is plasma? similar? I don't really hear the term much at my medical clinics) mostly because I am on prescribed medication and I am unsure as to whether or not it would or could have any adverse effect on the recipient, also I don't like having to not eat anything for a number of hours beforehand but that's me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phoenix Posted June 11, 2009 Share Posted June 11, 2009 I'm not scared of needles, I'm scared of uncoordinated doctors who stab you with needles in the wrong place and then go "Everythings going to be okay! Just let me go grab this, call the nurses, and get another needle!" Donating plasma... ... ... nah... I could use the money but I might need mine for something. Same with donating blood. Who knows when I'll get stabbed or shot and need that little bit of extra blood to survive til I get to the hospital. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bananas Posted June 11, 2009 Share Posted June 11, 2009 wat? I didn't think you got paid for donating blood here. I have some forms I got from school about it when I was thinking of donating that I should probably go read. Anyway, option 2. It's nice to know that I'm probably helping someone who needs it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bohemund Posted June 11, 2009 Share Posted June 11, 2009 As for getting paid... that has never happened at school blood drives and whatnot. I think at most you get is a free t-shirt, or some lame sticker (not sure). As for plasma, it is a component of your blood. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raven Posted June 11, 2009 Share Posted June 11, 2009 I've never heard of such a thing as donating plasma, as I've not even heard of the term before. As for blood, I donated for the first time back in March. It was a piece of piss, I never even bruised. I did it mainly to get a card to find out what blood type I am. Turns out I'm B positive. I also apparently save life by donating blood. Everyone's a winner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
California Mountain Snake Posted June 11, 2009 Share Posted June 11, 2009 Could someone back up that donating plasma gets you paid? The only reason I highly fucking doubt it is receiving money for you blood was abolished once all the heroin addicts starting selling their blood to get their next fix, and it turns out getting blood from people who often live in squalid conditions and haven't learned to clean shared needles is a pretty dumbass idea. I also donated back in the early Spring for the first time. Turns out I'm O+. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raven Posted June 11, 2009 Share Posted June 11, 2009 Could someone back up that donating plasma gets you paid? The only reason I highly fucking doubt it is receiving money for you blood was abolished once all the heroin addicts starting selling their blood to get their next fix, and it turns out getting blood from people who often live in squalid conditions and haven't learned to clean shared needles is a pretty dumbass idea. I also donated back in the early Spring for the first time. Turns out I'm O+. A quick Google search churned this out. Reading it myself now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zanarkin Posted June 11, 2009 Share Posted June 11, 2009 (edited) $30 dollars would come in handy though i can't do it yet Edited June 11, 2009 by Aioria Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nestling Posted June 11, 2009 Share Posted June 11, 2009 I might get AIDS if I donate plasma :3. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inactive Account Posted June 11, 2009 Share Posted June 11, 2009 Highly doubtful. I'm pretty sure they don't even reuse needles for these things, and if they did they'd be legally required to sterilize them after every use.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fëanen Posted June 11, 2009 Share Posted June 11, 2009 I fully intend to do so one day. The only reason I haven't is because not even my own doctor can find my veins without a good half dozen pokes or more, and while one needle prick doesn't bother me a large number of them tends to be problematic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liz Posted June 11, 2009 Share Posted June 11, 2009 (edited) i donate every time i have the chance. i'm B positive. interesting piece of data: while O type bloods are genetically recessive to A, B, and AB, O type is the most common type of blood worldwide. :/ Edited June 11, 2009 by Holy Empress Sanaki Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GKSB Posted June 11, 2009 Share Posted June 11, 2009 (edited) Sanaki, it's interestingly beneficial because O types are only compatible with themselves. I've given plasma and also done the Alyx thingy during school drives. Those both got me a 10 dollar movie certificate. I think you can get paid, though, if you go to the blood bank. And I laugh at you people and your fleshy arms and small veins; the veins doctors draw from on me are so freaking prominent I could do it myself. Edited June 11, 2009 by Crepe Knight Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agro Posted June 13, 2009 Share Posted June 13, 2009 Sanaki, it's interestingly beneficial because O types are only compatible with themselves. Depends on what you mean. According to this O-type plasma is universally-compatible but not the red or whole blood cells. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TLSothe Posted June 13, 2009 Share Posted June 13, 2009 I've donated blood a few times. Money isn't important to me at all when it comes to that. When it's something as easy as donating blood, hell, I'll do it, no problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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