Off to give platelets on the off chance that the earth will still exist

[rurallib]

after tomorrow.

[IcyPeas]

1. very good of you.... i've only gone as far as giving blood

you are helping to save someone's life!!! I hope you get a lollipop afterwards. :hi:

[rurallib]

2. for some reason, this one really trashed me. I slept for 4 hours

afterwards.
Been doing this for 15 years or so, but never reacted like that.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

4. My dear rurallib...

I used to be a platelet nurse. I'm sorry to hear you felt so lousy afterwards...

Had you eaten before your donation? That can really affect how you feel. Or, did they take more products? If you usually give a single product, and this time you gave two (2 platelet products, or a platelet and a plasma product, for example) that can trash you too.

They are under pressure to increase what they draw, so that might have been it.

You might want to ask the next time you go in to donate...

I'm really sorry.

:hug:

[rurallib]

5. Yeah, I ate etc. Been giving platelets for a long time

I know they took a triple platelet today and I believe a red cell also. They have permission to take what they need from me. Usually it is based on what they have taken in the past. March was a double and April was a single.
I have been beaten down by allergies the last couple months, so it all kind of came together today.
I also do white cells when needed. About 2 years ago, I did 3 white cells in 7 days. Didn't move for about a day after that 3rd one.

[pscot]

3. If it doesn't

your platelets may still be available to someone in an alternate universe, where Earth still exists.

[Dystopian]

6. I remember.....

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=105&topic_id=8428731&mesg_id=8429693

rurallib:hug:

Feel better...rest easy...
Thank you for the gift of life....and love.
She's married now.



Lots of beautiful people in that old post .... memories.

peace & love to you....

[snagglepuss]

7. But if you get raptured will the platelets follow?