• HollowNaught@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    17 days ago

    I’ve donated blood twice. If that’s all there was to it, I’d do it more

    But the incessant calling. I remember it being once or twice a month I’d pick up and it’d be somebody trying to guilt trip me into donating blood

    Like I’d love to do it, but only when I’m free and when I want to. Pushing me to do it just made me block the number and never donate since then

    I say block, because telling them to stop doesn’t stop them from doing anything

  • LogicalDrivel@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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    17 days ago

    Last time i donated blood, the untrained “phlebotomist” collapsed my vein by trying to force the blood to flow with these roller things on the IV tube. I had literal black and blue bruises for months. and they kept asking me for more…

    • Tollana1234567@lemmy.todayEnglish
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      17 days ago

      i was bruised by a phlebotomist a few years ago when the needle went through the vein. i thought it was more painful and odd than usual, because i already had many blood draws before, and they wernt this painful.

  • vrek@programming.devEnglish
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    17 days ago

    I tried donating blood once and never again. They ask way too many questions… “whose blood is this?” “where did you get it?” “why is it in buckets?” blah blah blah

    /s

  • Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    17 days ago

    I tried to donate/sell plasma, but they wouldn’t let me! Just because I’ve had “cancer”, and would “infect” other “healthy” “people”.

    Pssshhhhh!!!

    Suck me out, and pay me, dammit!

    • drcobaltjedi@programming.devEnglish
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      17 days ago

      Please note, in the US at least, if you’re being paid for plasma then the plasma is non transfusable, and is being sold for medical research or cosmetics.

        • drcobaltjedi@programming.devEnglish
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          16 days ago

          Yes. People are willing to lie for money, and a lot of those questions asked for transfusable blood products are asked to make sure donating is safe for both you and the recipient. Now some questions asked only impact certain blood products, aspirin only impacts the utility of your plasma platelets for example. Now those paid plasma centers ask a lot fewer questions as they only need to make sure you’d be okay parting with the plasma.

          It’s regulated by the FDA and lying on those blood donation forms is a crime as its both a legal document and considered tampering with the blood supply. As with everything in the medical field there is a required paper trail.

          EDIT: my blood product in my example was wrong. It has been updated. If you’re curious how I know so much about blood donation, my roommate works as a phlebotomist at a nearby blood bank.

    • Tollana1234567@lemmy.todayEnglish
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      17 days ago

      there has been extremely rare niche incident where cancer was spread from person to person and 1 unlikely where an animal gave it to a person who had aids. one was organ transplants the other, surgeon nicked his hand and developed a tumor(apprently it was a minor issue since its only deadly to the host it came form,)

        • ferret@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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          16 days ago

          iirc regular ass dogs have an infectious disease that comes from doggy cancer but (iirc) does not exhibit cancer-like symptoms in doggy recipients, it’s just another bug to catch

  • RebekahWSD@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    17 days ago

    My twin had to tell them to stop calling because universal donor it was just so so often, even when twin was too low iron they still called.