I had to get 3 pints of blood on Tuesday. It's a new record for me for one sitting. That put my hemoglobin up to a 10.4. The normal range is 14-18. It's my fourth time in just over a year. It's crazy how good you feel after living without enough blood in your system for a while. I've gotten 8 pints a blood in the last year. A complete oil change.
Anyone else have this problem?
I thought I might be a vampire.
Getting tests done this week. Maybe they can fix my lust for blood. They said I may need an operation and will need 4-6 weeks to recover. No surveying for a while after the operation. Might give me a chance to finish my new book 'dust devils'.
I don't know whose blood I have, but thanks to the donors.
My Grandfather has something similar, the capillaries or vessels, I'm not for sure which one, are weak. Most of his loss sporadic, he will go months with a blood level around 10, but it has dropped as low as 6. For him there is no fix, he goes twice a month to check his levels and is either given blood or iron as needed, but to date I think he has had over 120 pints in the last five years.
Jones, post: 427278, member: 10458 wrote: I think he has had over 120 pints in the last five years
Wow, now that's a lot of blood.
Mine has been as low as 5.6 and I can tell you I couldn't hardly function.
Wish you the best John. Are you going to provide us cretins with a sneak peek of 'dust devil's' ? 😎
While I give blood, I am too far away for it to have been mine. Plus mine is a little rare. Only about 6% of the population. Wouldn't mind if I could donate some to you.
Wow...I was not familiar with that problem. It makes me feel better about giving blood, though. I've given over 7 gallons so far. It's easy, it replenishes itself, and it can help save lives.
My grandfather held some sort of record for the number of GALLONS he gave over the years.
I'd like to think the main reason he religiously donated blood was due to his military service...but part of me KNOWS it was because he LOVED to come to town to flirt with the nurses. He would donate as often as they would accept it.
I was turned down years ago to donate blood because of some time I spent outside of the US in a mosquito infested malaria ridden "area". I just read up on it (because of this post) and they apparently screen nowadays for all the blood born pathogens and merely have a time limit since being in country. Cool.
paden cash, post: 427378, member: 20 wrote: I was turned down years ago to donate blood because of some time I spent outside of the US in a mosquito infested malaria ridden "area". I just read up on it (because of this post) and they apparently screen nowadays for all the blood born pathogens and merely have a time limit since being in country. Cool.
I took a drug called Chloroquine as a prophylactic for malaria and was banned from donating for 4 years.
My grandmother would have died early if she had experienced John's anemia problem. She was a devout Jehovah's Witness and absolutely would not consider receiving blood. The amazing thing is that she had elective surgery that could have led to significant blood loss but signed whatever she had to sign to forbid being given blood in the event of an emergency.
Sometimes I would have the pleasure (????) of first attending our EUB/United Methodist sermon on Sunday morning and then going to the Kingdom Hall with her on Sunday afternoon. That was far too much religion for a rambunctious pre-teen most days.
I was at a Lifeblood donation center recently, and a lady there was on the other end of the spectrum. She had a condition that caused overproduction of red blood cells. She said she had to come there to donate at least once a week to keep the count down.
C Billingsley, post: 427413, member: 1965 wrote: I was at a Lifeblood donation center recently, and a lady there was on the other end of the spectrum. She had a condition that caused overproduction of red blood cells. She said she had to come there to donate at least once a week to keep the count down.
Polycythemia...
Donation is cheaper than phlebotomy.
imaudigger, post: 427375, member: 7286 wrote: My grandfather held some sort of record for the number of GALLONS he gave over the years.
Back in the "Old Days" they used to give you a gold "teardrop" pin for each gallon you donated.
In Smalltown USA you get your picture in the local paper when you are a donor with many gallons to your credit. Recently I have seen a 20-gallon and a 23-gallon donor shown together at a local blood drive.
FL/GA PLS., post: 427425, member: 379 wrote: Back in the "Old Days" they used to give you a gold "teardrop" pin for each gallon you donated.
I think he got a t-shirt at one time. I think he donated over 20 gallons.
I have just over 10 gallons but they won't accept my blood anymore because I had a second positive on the Hep antibody test, I'm not positive for hep, just the antibodies. I can legally donate but I don't meet the local blood center's safety standards.
C Billingsley, post: 427413, member: 1965 wrote: I was at a Lifeblood donation center recently, and a lady there was on the other end of the spectrum. She had a condition that caused overproduction of red blood cells. She said she had to come there to donate at least once a week to keep the count down.
One of the guys I work with donates regularly for the same reason. He was told by his doctor that they could take his blood for so much money every time, or he could donate it at the blood drives for free.
