Tuesday, June 22, 2010
Chapter 33:
at 13:51
Was reading the blood donation webpage, then I saw this cool thing : APHERESIS.
It's like donating a blood component, plasma or platelets in high concentration, but with the red blood cells returned to the body.
It's thus more physically draining, but you can donate monthly, unlike normal blood donation, every 3 months.
Yea, then I was so excited.
BUT THE REQUIREMENTS ARE:
- Weigh more than 50 kg;
- Be at least 18 years old;
- Cannot be more than 50 years old (for new apheresis donors only);
- Have donated blood at least once before; and
- Have arm veins of a suitable size.
Yeapps, so looks like let's donate normal blood first!
& I don't even know whether I can donate cause of vessel size and the haemoglobin level, etc.
But yea, worth a try!
(:
Will go pull more people to go with me on the virgin blood donation day!
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