#donate platelets

[whilereadingandwalking]

Just finished donating platelets! Cancer patients, post-surgery patients, and newborns and moms, to name a few, often specifically need platelets (vs. normal blood), which help us stop and slow blood loss. But normal blood donations only give a tiny, tiny number of platelets. For these donations, I sit here for 90ish minutes and the machine takes my blood, extracts platelets, and gives me back the rest, so I’m not dehydrated like with normal blood donation. And my body is healthy enough to make new platelets, so I’ll be refreshed in no time. I just read the whole time (they can also set you up with a movie). I highly recommend it as a way to do some good!

[keystonewarrior]

I wonder if the people with Only Fans sites call the income they make Revenude.

I get an Amazon gift card every time I give blood or platelets. I use it to buy stuff for my glag football girls. I call it Blood Money.

[keystonewarrior]

Donating platelets on a Sunday morning. ROLL ON!

[potatowedges12]

I think the guy I see every time I donate platelets has a crush on me, but I don’t have the heart to tell him I have an SO because he keeps recommending me good TV shows.

[sarcasticbabywhispererjess]

Platelets only have a 5-7 day shelf life and cannot be separated from a whole blood donation, so donate if you can.

[arwynnywra]

Good News: I gots a lot of fight in my blood!

Bad News: It means I’m not eligible to donate platelets.

Really Good News: I think this means I can donate blood more often!

I will admit that I cried a little when I received the letter telling me that platelets were off the table. I think it was because I know that they would be really helpful and I had already done a lot of talking to myself about how it sucked going through the donation process but it was all worth it and I could suck it up and do it regularly. Sort of like getting psyched up for a sports game and then spending the whole game on the bench.

[i-nail-jello-to-walls]

I'm currently sitting donating platelets, and watching American ninja warrior USA vs the world. It is so entertaining.

[jessejunkocreates]

Save Yourself, Save Someone Else

A diet rich in organic fruits and vegetables is not just good for you, it can help prevent and fight cancer.  Quercetin is a flavonoid found in tomatoes, onions, kale, broccoli, citrus and many other fruits and vegetables that has been linked to preventing cancer spread and tumor growth when exposed in high doses.  Quercetin is found in higher concentrations in organics and even higher in organics grown in soil that has been treated organically longer.  Interestingly pesticides used to promote crop regularity and bounty is linked to causing cancer, while natures fruits untouched offer cancer fighters.  Quercetin is effectively toxic to cancer.  You can see more in recent Instagram and Twitter posts @themisandthread.   We all have the ability to save lives without any training at all.  Many of us are eligible to donate blood and platelets.  Donating blood is common and easily accessible.  Donating platelets is a little different.  Donation facilities are not as plentiful and the process is more involved.  For these and other reasons they are in higher demand.  Cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy can use up to 8 units of platelets a week.  I recently donated platelets at the closest facility to my home which was an hour and a half away.  After my health history paper work and getting "hooked up" to the machines through two IVs, one in each arm, I sat comfortably in a large lazy boy-esque bed for an hour and a half.  They calculated my platelet count, height and weight to determine how many platelets would be safe for me to donate.  As my platelets we're retrieved from one arm, red blood cells were returned into the other.  I got to watch a movie of my choice, and although I couldn't move my arms for the entire time it was really quiet nice and relaxing!  It felt like I had a large cat sitting on either arm as they slowly began to tingle.  This process also depletes calcium and I got very cold.  Not being able to move, one of the nurse attendants gladly brought me a blanket when I needed it and tucked me in.  It's not comfortable, it may not be convenient, but many of us have a healthy platelet count that allows us to participate in saving someone's life.