Donating blood

[Fandango 1,439]

1. My mistake. But regardless, it was a federal mandate and WAS changed. So rules can change, was my point.

2. Venturing a guess of what percentage of British people have lived in the UK area from 1980-1996, it's gotta be way over the majority--what's your point? That's really too bad about the 5,000 people who were exposed to HIV (Ryan White comes to mind, poor kid), but that number is nowhere NEAR the amount of transmissions of CJD-apples and oranges? There is ALWAYS a risk of getting an unwanted disease in blood; there is no such thing as a risk-free transfusion from strangers.

**Having said all of that, if I look at the overarching picture, is someone going to die/incur permanent damage due to David not being able to donate? Probably not. So it's a moot point.

However, my biggest beef is that I don't see why autologous donations aren't allowed despite a foreign transfusion being much more dangerous. Additionally I have beef with the risk of our future kids needing a transfusion, not allowed by the husband and therefore exposing them to an inordinately higher risk of an adverse reaction or unwanted disease due to again, being exposed to a foreign transfusion.

I can't donate to anyone else, but I can donate to myself. Are you sure he can't?

[Jewel-8 21]

My husband was upset also! It was when we figured out that USCIS had slowed down and the greencard was going to take awhile. We could have really used the extra cash.

On the other hand, I'm definitely not able to donate in the UK because of the blood transfusions I've had. Kind of a strange concept to me because I've only received screened blood that cost my insurance $500+ a pint.

[Lansbury 19]

2. Venturing a guess of what percentage of British people have lived in the UK area from 1980-1996, it's gotta be way over the majority--what's your point?

My point is, it is not all British citizens so if people want to donate they should check if they are eligible, and not just assume they cannot.

[Krikit 1,163]

If I recall the questionnaire and interview correctly, the refusal was in combination of whether I had also consumed beef during that period of time.

[Rob and Jill 82]

I can see why this would upset you. Rob didn't give a flip about it at all, which I found funny.

I am usually unable to donate either. It seems all of the major blood drives around here are usually in the spring or fall when I am running a slight fever from allergies. They almost always kick me out of the donation area for running fevers.