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[waterspyder]

Today I was denied to give blood because I have Lupus. I also had an irregular heartbeat... I'm going to look into that because it's not usual. In better news, my iron levels were awesome.

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[conformistsheep.livejournal.com]

I got denied giving blood because i'm from Europe.

[purplezart.livejournal.com]

Today I was denied to give blood because I have Lupus

huh? er... well, at least that's a medical condition, and i suppose it can affect one's blood. have you donated before?

[waterspyder.livejournal.com]

Nope, but I have had friends with Lupus who have donated because it actually doesn't come up during the screening questions.

[waterspyder.livejournal.com]

WTF?

That doesn't make sense to me.

[conformistsheep.livejournal.com]

Apparently it's because i could have come in touch with beef from the UK which may have had Mad Cow Disease.

[okcismelanie.livejournal.com]

I for one an a bit glad they are doing a better job at screening blood....many many many people have contracted some sort of disease from receiving blood! Who says Lupus can not be carried over to the person receiving it?

I have a huge fear of receiving blood from someone else.... People who have intercourse with someone with an unknown sexual background in the past year may have something undetected....which is a high percentage of people I would think. I worry about the donor having tattoo's, paper cuts, hair removal, the lifestyle, diet, medications they are on, age, workplace exposure to chemicals...all in my mind effect ones blood.

When I had Alex I gave my own blood to be used on myself if needed and I think that is a way better way of doing things than getting blood from any tom/dick or harry off the street. I would love to give blood more often if I knew it would be shelved for "my" use for a period of time..then used on someone else if they need it after that time. I think more people would be donating if this were the case.

[zenten.livejournal.com]

On the other hand, if you're a guy who's ever slept with another guy (since 1977 at least) you can never give blood again, no matter what.

[waterspyder.livejournal.com]

I wonder if I can donate blood to myself...