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Originally Posted by leftyf
Bless her heart. Platelets is the only way to reach a number like that. It's great, but we need to remember that we also need whole blood too and you can only give 5 pints a year. When I give platelets, I give a triple, or 3 pints per visit. I can donate 22 times a year, so that's 66 pints a year. I'm not saying anything bad about platelets, but we still need whole blood, plasma, and red blood cells. When you go to One Blood to donate, they'll tell you what you qualify for. More people need to donate.
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I have not been counting the extra pints when giving platelets. I have done some doubles if I am remembering these correctly. I am at 8 1/8 gallons according to my OneBlood profile. That does not count the times since I registered at Florida Blood Centers (OneBlood's former name) back around 2007 when I donated at LifeSouth and/or the Tampa Bay blood bank. I must be close to 9 Gallons then.