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xboxundone
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I never did but i have tons of friends that did thats how they paid for there summer vacations.
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Fri Jan 07, 2005 6:37 pm |
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Andrew
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Seems that low blood levels and high-alcohol blood levels wouldn't mix too well! 
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Fri Jan 07, 2005 6:59 pm |
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xboxundone
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*LOL* that is true you would think that they wouldn't mix well
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Fri Jan 07, 2005 8:30 pm |
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SnapThat
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I feel kinda stupid asking, but what's plasma? And what's it used for?
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Sat Jan 08, 2005 12:39 am |
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Andrew
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"Colorless watery fluid of blood and lymph containing no cells and in which erythrocytes and leukocytes and platelets are suspended."
Now that you mention it, is selling plasma a different process than donating blood?
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Sat Jan 08, 2005 1:48 am |
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pattyflip
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You guys are lucky, in Canada we don't get paid, it's purely voluntary. I'd be drained out if I could make money donating plasma.
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Sat Jan 08, 2005 8:59 pm |
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xboxundone
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quote:
Originally posted by Andrew
"Colorless watery fluid of blood and lymph containing no cells and in which erythrocytes and leukocytes and platelets are suspended."
Now that you mention it, is selling plasma a different process than donating blood?
Yes it is different as they pump it out of you take out the plasma they need then pump it back it it take aroudn 30 min to an hour but you get to watch movies while you do it
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Sun Jan 09, 2005 12:51 am |
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SnapThat
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What do they pump out to extract the plasma from? I'm still a bit confused.
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Sun Jan 09, 2005 4:08 am |
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Andrew
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Ah, so you can sell or donate plasma, but you can only donate blood.
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Tue Jan 11, 2005 2:34 am |
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SnapThat
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quote:
Originally posted by Andrew
Ah, so you can sell or donate plasma, but you can only donate blood.
Usually when you donate blood, they give you some free stuff anyway 
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Fri Jan 14, 2005 11:58 am |
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Me and my buddies gave plasma once a week for a few months of our college carriers. The most depraved months. We did it A) for the money ($75 the first time and $45 each additional time) and B) to go get drunk off one beer.
Yeah, the process is, remove the blood, centrifuge it to seperate the plasma from the red blood cells, suspend the red blood cells in saline and pump it back into the subject. Its a very strange feeling, like all your veins just turned cold.
It was usually a bunch of college students like us and the homeless. Or some combination thereof.
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