Sunday, July 10, 2011
What's wrong with my blog
Everytime time I want to comment it says I need to sign in, but I'm alreadys signed in and no matter how many times I sign in it keeps saying to sign in again.
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
My first apheresis donation
Apheresis is related to a blood donation, but instead of blood, blood platelets are collected. Platelets mainly go to cancer patients and other types of patients.
Today, I gave my first donation. I would like to tell you about my experience and keep in mind that reactions from donation vary from person to person. This is my story.
When I first went in they asked me the standard questions about medical, sexual, and even travel history. I was not suppose to consume grape juice, garlic supplements, aspirin, and other products. Then they checked my iron levels, blood pressure, and temperature.
I was lead out to the place were they hook you up to the machines, but instead of the typical medical beds where you lay on to give blood donation, I was put into a comfortable recliner with a T.V in front of it.
If you are wondering why apheresis donors receive such a level of comfort it it because apheresis can take up to two hours and blood platelets are in much higher demand than whole blood. How long you stay hooked up depends on your platelets count and that varies from person to person. Since it was my first time my platelet count in unknown(I should find out in three days) I only had to stay for around fifty minutes.
Apheresis does not take your blood away permanently. It just takes your blood out of your body,separates the blood platelets, and returns it back to your body. One thing about returning blood though is the fact that it is cold and you can feel it when it renters your body. My the end my body had a strange pins and needles sensation mixed with numbness. The phlebotomist gave me a blanket and said that coldness was very common
Another thing is that you are given a something to squeeze at intervals. To honest my hand started to hurt after a while from the squeezing.
By the end of the process I felt extremely cold and tired. I didn't want to drive home and spent the entire drive reclined with my eyes closed with the heater on. I thought that I would fall asleep as soon as I got home. That is not what happened. I just eat a nice, hot meal, laid down for a little bit, then felt fine.
I varies from person to person. The phlebotomist told me that some people feel better after this. I will go back to give more planets in two weeks.
If you are intersted in this please contact your local blood donation center.
Today, I gave my first donation. I would like to tell you about my experience and keep in mind that reactions from donation vary from person to person. This is my story.
When I first went in they asked me the standard questions about medical, sexual, and even travel history. I was not suppose to consume grape juice, garlic supplements, aspirin, and other products. Then they checked my iron levels, blood pressure, and temperature.
I was lead out to the place were they hook you up to the machines, but instead of the typical medical beds where you lay on to give blood donation, I was put into a comfortable recliner with a T.V in front of it.
If you are wondering why apheresis donors receive such a level of comfort it it because apheresis can take up to two hours and blood platelets are in much higher demand than whole blood. How long you stay hooked up depends on your platelets count and that varies from person to person. Since it was my first time my platelet count in unknown(I should find out in three days) I only had to stay for around fifty minutes.
Apheresis does not take your blood away permanently. It just takes your blood out of your body,separates the blood platelets, and returns it back to your body. One thing about returning blood though is the fact that it is cold and you can feel it when it renters your body. My the end my body had a strange pins and needles sensation mixed with numbness. The phlebotomist gave me a blanket and said that coldness was very common
Another thing is that you are given a something to squeeze at intervals. To honest my hand started to hurt after a while from the squeezing.
By the end of the process I felt extremely cold and tired. I didn't want to drive home and spent the entire drive reclined with my eyes closed with the heater on. I thought that I would fall asleep as soon as I got home. That is not what happened. I just eat a nice, hot meal, laid down for a little bit, then felt fine.
I varies from person to person. The phlebotomist told me that some people feel better after this. I will go back to give more planets in two weeks.
If you are intersted in this please contact your local blood donation center.
Thursday, June 23, 2011
Hello, I am Kore
I am not sure what this blog is going to be about. So to start things off I will give you ten facts about myself.
1. I will soon be starting my final year of High School.
2.I am left-handed
3.I am near-sighted.
3. My favorite book is the 'Book Thief' by Markus Zusak
4.My favorite classic book is 1984.
5. I have been overweight since I was nine. I have been on a diet for several years and I am now about ten or fifteen pounds overwright. It's been a struggle because I had to do it on my own and my parents have no idea about healthly lifestyles. I once had a fight with my mom over vegetable flavored chips. She insisted that they counted as vegetables.
6. I have trouble sleeping.
7. I am an vegetarian
8. I am a dog person.
9. I hate mint, onions,coffee,white bread, and beef.
10. I like to cook.
Maybe it will be about weight loss, book reviews, or cooking. Maybe all three? I'm not sure.
1. I will soon be starting my final year of High School.
2.I am left-handed
3.I am near-sighted.
3. My favorite book is the 'Book Thief' by Markus Zusak
4.My favorite classic book is 1984.
5. I have been overweight since I was nine. I have been on a diet for several years and I am now about ten or fifteen pounds overwright. It's been a struggle because I had to do it on my own and my parents have no idea about healthly lifestyles. I once had a fight with my mom over vegetable flavored chips. She insisted that they counted as vegetables.
6. I have trouble sleeping.
7. I am an vegetarian
8. I am a dog person.
9. I hate mint, onions,coffee,white bread, and beef.
10. I like to cook.
Maybe it will be about weight loss, book reviews, or cooking. Maybe all three? I'm not sure.
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