05-17-2007, 10:56 AM
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: CALGARY
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Donating Blood
With Canadian Blood Services ramped up marketing campaign, I'm just wondering how many on CP regularly donate blood?
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05-17-2007, 11:00 AM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Calgary AB
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Frankster
With Canadian Blood Services ramped up marketing campaign, I'm just wondering how many on CP regularly donate blood?
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I used to donate on a regular basis until I got bloodwork done. Still have a few months before I can donate again. I think among the older generation there is a bit of a stigma with blood services due to the various scandels of the 1980s and early 90s with HIV and Hep A,B, and C infections.
Last edited by Cowboy89; 05-17-2007 at 11:00 AM.
Reason: correction
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05-17-2007, 11:00 AM
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It is something I have really would like to do, I have even called the Canadian Blood services and set up and appointment but something came up the day my appointment was scheduled and I have made the effort since…I know some people who do it and they are really enjoy the whole process and say that it is very easy and convienent
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05-17-2007, 11:00 AM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: in your blind spot.
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Not really regularly, but I do donate once or twice a year.
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05-17-2007, 11:01 AM
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CP Pontiff
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: A pasture out by Millarville
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I have a rare blood type . . . . . I'm over 20 donations for the last few years . . . .
It's a great weight loss programme. You lose a pound a half!!!
But you can't run for about a week afterward without keeling over . . . . so I give less in the summer.
It's the only place where I have to explain a pulse rate under 50 beats per minute . . . .
Cowperson
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05-17-2007, 11:15 AM
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Playboy Mansion Poolboy
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Close enough to make a beer run during a TV timeout
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I used to all the time, but shortly after moving to Calgary I stopped. Mostly because the hours they were open never really fit into my schedule. Last time I checked they were only open one evening per week; and that happens to be their busiest time.
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05-17-2007, 11:19 AM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: in your blind spot.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Cowperson
I have a rare blood type . . . . . I'm over 20 donations for the last few years . . . .
It's a great weight loss programme. You lose a pound a half!!!
But you can't run for about a week afterward without keeling over . . . . so I give less in the summer.
It's the only place where I have to explain a pulse rate under 50 beats per minute . . . .
Cowperson
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They refused a co-worker who had 48bpm when we did the Blood Bus a couple months ago.
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"The problem with any ideology is that it gives the answer before you look at the evidence."
—Bill Clinton
"The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance--it is the illusion of knowledge."
—Daniel J. Boorstin, historian, former Librarian of Congress
"But the Senator, while insisting he was not intoxicated, could not explain his nudity"
—WKRP in Cincinatti
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05-17-2007, 11:20 AM
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Retired
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Pacific Ocean
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I used to give regularly (3 -4 times a year) but they have a waiting period of 1 year after getting a tattoo so I haven't given any blood in a couple of years and it will be another year of waiting again
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05-17-2007, 11:30 AM
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: CALGARY
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ken0042
I used to all the time, but shortly after moving to Calgary I stopped. Mostly because the hours they were open never really fit into my schedule. Last time I checked they were only open one evening per week; and that happens to be their busiest time.
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The main clinic is open more than one night per week now. I know for sure they are open Tuesday and Thursday evenings, as those are the evenings I donate.
J pold - I really enjoy it as well. In fact it has stopped me from getting any more tattoos or piercings because I enjoy it so much.
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05-17-2007, 11:30 AM
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Norm!
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I used to give a lot, but I stopped because everytime I went my irregular heart beat set off sirens, and I ended up in one of those stupid backless robes in a cardiologists office with electrodes attached to my chest.
And I don't want to hear about surgical options where they ram a catheter up my main artery in my leg, snake it up to my heart and start shorting out nerve endings again.
Nor do I want to be on pills for the rest of my life.
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05-17-2007, 11:32 AM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: City by the Bay
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Cowboy89
I used to donate on a regular basis until I got bloodwork done. Still have a few months before I can donate again. I think among the older generation there is a bit of a stigma with blood services due to the various scandels of the 1980s and early 90s with HIV and Hep A,B, and C infections.
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Ya - I avoid it because of that. Im still not fully convinced either that it's foolproof.
I get grief all the time - but Im just not okay with it...including organ donations.
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05-17-2007, 11:33 AM
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: CALGARY
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Quote:
Originally Posted by socalwingfan
I used to give regularly (3 -4 times a year) but they have a waiting period of 1 year after getting a tattoo so I haven't given any blood in a couple of years and it will be another year of waiting again
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They have changed the wait time to 6 months.
http://www.blood.ca/centreapps/inter...E_Can_I_Donate
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05-17-2007, 11:34 AM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Calgary AB
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Quote:
Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch
I used to give a lot, but I stopped because everytime I went my irregular heart beat set off sirens, and I ended up in one of those stupid backless robes in a cardiologists office with electrodes attached to my chest.
And I don't want to hear about surgical options where they ram a catheter up my main artery in my leg, snake it up to my heart and start shorting out nerve endings again.
Nor do I want to be on pills for the rest of my life.
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Same thing happened to me but after getting it investigated by a cardiologist and an MRI it was nothing to worry about and I got cleared to donate anyway. It often isn't irregular enough to set of sirens (needs to be at least 10 irregular bpm to set it off).
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05-17-2007, 11:39 AM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Calgary AB
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Originally Posted by Clever_Iggy
Ya - I avoid it because of that. Im still not fully convinced either that it's foolproof.
I get grief all the time - but Im just not okay with it...including organ donations.
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I can understand those concerns. I would think that when donating you have pretty much zero chance of getting anything because it's streile needles used on you. The problems were that they weren't able to properly screen some of the blood going through and a few unlucky patients that needed the blood were the ones infected.
Sometimes I see first time donors faint while donating, however it's all mental.
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05-17-2007, 11:43 AM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: in your blind spot.
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I think they made it difficult now that any visit to Mexico means you need to wait a year to donate.
And when I go there I'm sometimes told I am getting borderline high blood pressure, but it is just "white coat syndrome" - if I know a needle is coming I get stressed and my blood pressure goes up.
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"The problem with any ideology is that it gives the answer before you look at the evidence."
—Bill Clinton
"The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance--it is the illusion of knowledge."
—Daniel J. Boorstin, historian, former Librarian of Congress
"But the Senator, while insisting he was not intoxicated, could not explain his nudity"
—WKRP in Cincinatti
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05-17-2007, 11:44 AM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: sector 7G
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I go every time I'm eligible now, which is a stretch as I'm not a huge fan of needles.
Cow, I'm surprised it affects you for longer than a 12 hour period. I'm good to go for physical activity the day after I donate.
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05-17-2007, 11:48 AM
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CP Pontiff
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: A pasture out by Millarville
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Bobblehead
They refused a co-worker who had 48bpm when we did the Blood Bus a couple months ago.
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If I'm reasonably physically fit, my heart rate should be under 50 beats per minute . . . . has been forever and still is.
So after they get a startled look on their faces, I just tell them I run, bike and what not and they relax and shuffle me off to a table to be drained.
Cow, I'm surprised it affects you for longer than a 12 hour period. I'm good to go for physical activity the day after I donate.
Well, I can certainly go hiking or even biking but running for any reasonable distance is pretty much out for about three or four days . . . . or you can try it but you're tuckered out pretty fast. Also, I'm a geezer.
Cowperson
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05-17-2007, 11:50 AM
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Not Abu Dhabi
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Yeah, I gave blood on Monday and I was back running fine on Wednesday. But I definitely noticed a difference... surprises me as well.
Regarding the pulse rate, mine was 42 bpm on Monday and they still took my blood.
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05-17-2007, 11:52 AM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Shanghai
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I've tried numerous times but am always ruled out for one reason or another. I'm always so blown away by the stringency of their criteria that I wonder how anyone is in good enough health to donate blood on a regular basis.
I was ruled out for my asthma the last time I tried, and I've since given up ambition for it.
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05-17-2007, 12:00 PM
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#20
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: in your blind spot.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Cowperson
If I'm reasonably physically fit, my heart rate should be under 50 beats per minute . . . . has been forever and still is.
So after they get a startled look on their faces, I just tell them I run, bike and what not and they relax and shuffle me off to a table to be drained.
Cowperson
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The person from work was training to play in a fairly competitive basketball league, so it is his athleticism that pushed his heart rate down. I guess they just weren't sure and wanted to play it safe.
My wife won't give anymore. The last time (about her 3rd visit) she blacked out while donating. She won't even consider it again. But I still go. Perhaps a CP blood drive is in order? It makes for a cheap buzz if you go for beer afterwards.
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—Bill Clinton
"The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance--it is the illusion of knowledge."
—Daniel J. Boorstin, historian, former Librarian of Congress
"But the Senator, while insisting he was not intoxicated, could not explain his nudity"
—WKRP in Cincinatti
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