Ahh, now see I've had the same experience with apheresis and sadly I'll not do that again. I've passed out on two occasions trying to give platelets back when I was on the SAD. First time my body got really cold during the procedure and I just passed out. The second time I started getting cold and I told someone and they all rushed over with blankets but I still passed out!
Donating blood though was a complete non-event. Not even a bruise! But thanks for being a contrarian, Marty. :)
-Rick
--- In fast5@yahoogroups.com, "marty398" <marty398@...> wrote:
>
> I'm certainly too late, but thought I would pass on the contrary view.
>
> I ended up laying on the floor in the canteen afterwards first time I donated platelets (not whole blood) fasted. It's not like I hadn't gotten used to Fast-5, I'd been doing it for over a year. If I recall, I finished donating around the time my eating window would have opened. With platelet donations, it takes about 2 hours on the machine. It was probably 10 minutes after I was done when I passed out. But recovery didn't take long.
>
> In any case, be careful.
>
> --
> Marty
>
> --- In fast5@yahoogroups.com, "Kristina Carlton" <kristina.carlton@> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Rick,
> >
> >
> >
> > I know I am probably way too late, but last year I donated blood after a
> > whole day of fasting the day before and also the day of the fast. Actually,
> > I had just started a 10 day broth fast and it did not bother me one bit.
> > Hope it works out for you.
> >
> >
> >
> > Kristina
> >
> >
> >
> > From: fast5@yahoogroups.com [mailto:fast5@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of
> > RickS
> > Sent: Wednesday, September 07, 2011 10:07 AM
> > To: fast5@yahoogroups.com
> > Subject: [fast5] Re: Donating blood fasted
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Thanks Bert. I watched both of my kids being born via c-section so I'm
> > pretty good with the sight of blood. :) My appointment is 11:45am and the
> > Red Cross is two blocks from work so I'll have a couple of hours afterward
> > before I have to drive.
> >
> > I'll just chalk this up to my never ending list of self-experimentation. :)
> >
> > -Rick
> >
>
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