Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
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Loud Boys Group Blood Donation Drive November 18, 2017
9th Annual Give Fore Life Blood Drive
I will have to miss this event this time around as I cannot donate whole blood again until 12/24/2017. |
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Already signed up as did a group from our 9/18/17 drive !
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Patchogue, NY; Village of Bonita Sept.09 |
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Doing platelets pushes when I can donate whole blood quite a ways into the next month often. And I do not know of any of these drives that allow donating platelets as these often take 3 hours from coming in to leaving. I can usually register, interview and donate whole blood on a bus or at a Recreational Facility in about 20 minutes, if that.
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Yea I was doing Alyx donations but recently switched to plasma and can do it more often and can still do it on the mobile units.
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Patchogue, NY; Village of Bonita Sept.09 |
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I have done a double red blood cell donation once on a bus. I will check with the OneBlood web-site to see if I can sign up for platelets.
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Need to lower iron level so I will be donating whole blood next but cannot do that until January 8, 2018.
I just noticed there is an August 8, 2018- 08-08-2018 this coming year. I hope people turn out for the Loud Boys Blood Drive on Saturday, November 18, 2017. |
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What is your iron level? Last week mine was 15.9, just wondering how high it can get. I forgot. I have cut out all beef and green vegetables until it comes back down.
I donated platelets yesterday and my iron level was now 13.4. After the last donation I looked at my diet to find all of the high iron foods I eat and found out that the Cheerios I was eating for breakfast every morning was the culprit. I cut the Cheerios and it really dropped my iron. Most cereals have too much iron in them. There are a few with 10% iron levels. I switched to unsweetened mini shredded wheat. As I understand it, Seniors do not need added iron. Our 65 Plus vitamins don't have iron. I spent about 1/2 hour on the phone with a Rep from Cheerios asking for a reason for this but all she had were deaf ears. Last edited by leftyf; 11-25-2017 at 09:40 AM. |
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My iron level when I was doing more blood donations was once in a while too low to even donate at One Blood with a 12.4 level. One Blood requires a 12.5 iron level. My highest was 16.4 and Blanca had recommended that I donate blood the next time to get it down. Doing platelets as you know makes the iron count rise. Hemachromatosis is a hereditary disease where iron pools in the vital organs. Can be deadly. Last edited by Taltarzac725; 11-14-2017 at 09:38 AM. |
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Parrothead Drives
1/22/18 5/14/18 9/11/18 All at Station #44
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Patchogue, NY; Village of Bonita Sept.09 |
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Maybe I will wait until 1/22/2018 for the Parrothead Drive to donate whole blood.
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Thanks
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Patchogue, NY; Village of Bonita Sept.09 |
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