blood & plasma donation-a-thon suggestion

[sourland]

I am too.


They use rotten organs. Well organs from not so healthy people. I was shocked when I witnessed this.

Hope that mine aren't 'rotten', but they are sure used and abused.

 

[Sally PB]

You can make decent $$ selling plasma.

 

[Kiki]

You can make decent $$ selling plasma.

My local place... Apparently offers $1,000 for the first month of donations.
It doesn't specify how many donations that is though.

It does say you cannot do it more than twice a week though.

I'm going to see if I can call tomorrow and speak to someone to get details.

 

[electrycmonk]

I Googled.
I'm confused.
All of the links that I'm clicking on in my Google search (for donating plasma) pay for it. What!?
The first two websites do not give detailed information about how often or what the requirements are in order to get paid. This is weird to me.


https://www.cslplasma.com/become-a-...Tl6sAJ3RFB0d-iiixVsaAjQvEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds

Here in Denton, the old nickname was “visiting the vampires.” Plasma donation is a paying gig and has been for some 30 years plus as far as I know. Typical plasma donation is a twice a week pattern. It really depends on your hydration skills. If you were to get yourself up to “near ideal” hydration the plasma visits will be a smooth event. If you go in dehydrated, it will take as much as 2x as long for the machine to pull and separate the RBC (Red Blood Cells) and give it back to you at the end.

Oh btw, they used to give you an IV infusion of saline. It was never warmed up enough for me… always gave me the chills to the point of showing goosebumps about 3/4 of the way through the infusion. Plan to go somewhere for a meal (something light) and stay away from caffeine for the rest of the day! Your heart will thank you profusely for this kindness!

The local place was called Navi-biomedical…. It’s a new name now. I’d been debating visiting them again for about a year now…. But, having talked with my high school buddy…. Yeah. I’m likely gonna start soon. My birthday is later this month…. I may stop in this week and see the details.

I’ll look at your link in a little while…. Gonna go tend to chickens & feed dogs…. You know I’m good for it.

 

[Kiki]

Here in Denton, the old nickname was “visiting the vampires.” Plasma donation is a paying gig and has been for some 30 years plus as far as I know. Typical plasma donation is a twice a week pattern. It really depends on your hydration skills. If you were to get yourself up to “near ideal” hydration the plasma visits will be a smooth event. If you go in dehydrated, it will take as much as 2x as long for the machine to pull and separate the RBC (Red Blood Cells) and give it back to you at the end.

Oh btw, they used to give you an IV infusion of saline. It was never warmed up enough for me… always gave me the chills to the point of showing goosebumps about 3/4 of the way through the infusion. Plan to go somewhere for a meal (something light) and stay away from caffeine for the rest of the day! Your heart will thank you profusely for this kindness!

The local place was called Navi-biomedical…. It’s a new name now. I’d been debating visiting them again for about a year now…. But, having talked with my high school buddy…. Yeah. I’m likely gonna start soon. My birthday is later this month…. I may stop in this week and see the details.

I’ll look at your link in a little while…. Gonna go tend to chickens & feed dogs…. You know I’m good for it.

I did read a bit on the site I linked. It did mention drinking plenty of water before and after the appointment and avoiding caffeine.

 

[Sally PB]

Wow, has the pay increased! I used to go 2x a week. I got $5 the first time and $7.50 the second time in the same week.

But that was about 40 years ago...

 

[electrycmonk]

Wow, has the pay increased! I used to go 2x a week. I got $5 the first time and $7.50 the second time in the same week.

But that was about 40 years ago...

I did it from ~1999-2003 “on and off.” And don’t recall how much more then what you made was my take home twice a week.