Posted: 9/10/2012 6:14:33 AM EDT
| Anyone done it? Opinions? Experiences? I'm looking at it as a way to supplement my college income. |
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It's where all the local hoodrats and other various trash hang out at around here. There's a certain frequency you can donate. They all come back on the exact day to get some money again. I've noticed that the people coming and going aren't exactly upper class folk. |
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I've only done double red. Plasma takes too long, but what are they paying? I read it was two hours the first time for background checks and all that, but an hour after that. I don't know what they're paying, I was told up to 320/month, and I'm guessing that's with the twice week donation. |
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Did it a few times for free at a local blood bank. Donated whole blood, then got a call that there was a cancer patient at the hospital that needed plasma and mine was an excellent match for whatever reason.
Sit in the chair for about an hour so bring a book or some music. My arm and lips ocasionally tingled a little. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile |
| I have donated plasma before, did it for a while actually. It was good money for the little time you are at the place. Where I went we didn't have any local hood rats, almost everyone was college students or well dressed adults. I would recommend checking the place out though, you don't want to donate anywhere dirty. Just a heads up, the needles will probably leave a scar due to the size and frequency that you might end up going. Where I was going it was twice a week I believe, 50 for your first trip and 75 for your second, but this was 8 to 9 years ago. |
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Did it a few times for free at a local blood bank. Donated whole blood, then got a call that there was a cancer patient at the hospital that needed plasma and mine was an excellent match for whatever reason. Sit in the chair for about an hour so bring a book or some music. My arm and lips ocasionally tingled a little. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile And you get the metallic taste. |
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Did it a few times for free at a local blood bank. Donated whole blood, then got a call that there was a cancer patient at the hospital that needed plasma and mine was an excellent match for whatever reason. Sit in the chair for about an hour so bring a book or some music. My arm and lips ocasionally tingled a little. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile That's definitely a benefit of donating, helping someone who needs it. |
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I have donated plasma before, did it for a while actually. It was good money for the little time you are at the place. Where I went we didn't have any local hood rats, almost everyone was college students or well dressed adults. I would recommend checking the place out though, you don't want to donate anywhere dirty. Just a heads up, the needles will probably leave a scar due to the size and frequency that you might end up going. Where I was going it was twice a week I believe, 50 for your first trip and 75 for your second, but this was 8 to 9 years ago. The place I'm looking at is called DCI Biologicals, they're here in Lubbock and my home town, and quite a few other places. They might be paying around $40, that's 8 times a month for a total of $320. |
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I did it at the Red Cross for years. They got to be vampires about it and wanted me coming in twice a week. God forbid if I were busy, and it made feel a little queasy for a while afterward, so I was unable/unwilling to do it that often. The "guilt trip" that they attempted to lay on me had the opposite than desired effect. |
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So what's the mechanics of donating plasma? How is it that different from donating blood? Machines pull blood from you until you are on the verge of death, then it separates your plasma from the blood and then returns the blood into your system. Might have a few factual errors in there. |
| I did it twice in my college career. Got sick after my first time, thought it might have been a fluke so I waited a few months and went back. Got sick again. Enough was enough, I guess it weakened my immune system too much. And yes there were a lot of lower income people donating. |
| I used to be the rent-a-cop at a plasma center for a few months until I got a real job. Lots of um, culturally diverse folks there. Some of the staff there aren't much better than what's in the waiting room sometimes. I was also making more as "Top Flight Security of the world Craig!" than the ones putting the needle in your arm. If the guard is pulling down more than the regular employees, imagine the great service you'll get once you're in the chair. They're not all bad though, but some of them don't give half a fuck. |
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I also went to BioLife Plasma services for the 3 years I was in graduate school. Mostly college kids donating. I can remember several of my class mates would go and donate plasma before going out drinking that evening, not recommended, so that the could get drunk faster with less money.
I think most people get sick the first time, I think most people are dehydrated before going in to start with. I would usually drink 2 glasses of water and a peanut butter sandwich 20 min before, it felt like they extraction went faster and I would recover faster. This was 9 years ago, 2x/wk $20 for the first visit and 30 for the second visit. There are a few medications and medical conditions that would exlude you from being able to "donate". |
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Quoted: Anyone done it? Opinions? Experiences? I'm looking at it as a way to supplement my college income. do the perfecta, blood sperm plasma.  plasma takes the longest but pays the best, blood can be great but depends on the type. do it on fridays to stretch the booze money |
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Did it at a biolife as married grad student. Not a bad experience at all, we made appointments online, had a playroom where they watched your kids, folks there were mostly students and blue collar workers. Fed my family with the money. Staff was nice, they compensated you if you had to wait too long to get started, or had to get stuck twice.
"Tried" in another city, with another company- horrible. In the slum, full of unpleasant people, could not make an appointment, you had to sit there for hours waiting for your turn. Check it out first. Not worth doing unless it is a pleasant enviroment, and you can make an appointment so you don't sit around and waste your time. |
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It always took me between 2-3 hours. You can go faster if you are very hydrated.
Plasma donation is different than what the Red Cross does. Your blood is drawn out of your body, and separated in a centrifuge. The plasma is collected and the rest of the blood is returned to you. The have to add an anti-coagulant to make sure the blood doesn't clog up the system. that is where the metallic taste comes from. there is also a cold feeling when you get your blood back. after you donate a couple of times, you may get the option to get a Tet/Di shot. they will usually pay a little more for the plasma as long as your body it making the anti-bodies. |