My church had a blood drive, and I donated red blood cells which they desperately need. They asked me if I had sex with a guy in the last three months, and I said no. They also asked if I was taking any medications for an infection. I said Yes, Zovirax for herpes. They asked if it was active and I said no.
So they accepted my blood donation. Apparently it’s okay if you have herpes so long as it’s not active.
Not in a long time. Funny story. Trigger warning on this story:
When I was in psychosis, I was a afraid my blood was poisoned. I bought
needles/syringes to try to slowly remove part of blood from body. After doing this, I left marks on wrists. I then went in to try to give plasma and they pegged me for a drug user because of wrists and marked me as a risky donor. I can no longer give plasma there. I tried a few years ago and they still have me on file. So no plasma giving there for me.
Btw, I had little success with removal. I was not very good at it. Just left marks.
I have. For a while I was anemic so they wouldn’t take my blood. I haven’t gone back since. I probably should though, because I’m alive due to many post-operative blood transfusions. I seem to bleed out most times when I have surgery. The least I can do is give back
I’ve donated blood a couple of times and sold my plasma a couple of times, but then they told me I couldn’t do either one because I had tested positive for hepititus. I’m pretty sure that I don’t actually have hepititus. They say that Haldol can give you a false positive for hepititus, and I was on Haldol at the time. Donating plasma was a pretty good dodge because you can make around $135 a month doing that. That is a nice little chunk of change for someone with my limited means.
There’s no need to continually thank people for their posts. That is what the ‘like button’ is for. I know you’re a super polite dude and you’re really refreshing, but it’s not necessary.
I’m feeling a little run down this morning and thirsty, but they told me I would need fluids. To donate red blood cells, they hook you up to a machine which takes your blood, removed red blood cells, then pumps what’s left back into your vein.