tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22533835.post114676734178236086..comments2023-05-02T07:48:24.260-07:00Comments on Flotsam and Jetsam: It's that time!Lulu--Back in Townhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09907408392497890295noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22533835.post-1147105126871943472006-05-08T09:18:00.000-07:002006-05-08T09:18:00.000-07:00I wonder how common false positives for all these ...I wonder how common false positives for all these things are? My mother's never had hepatitis, but has tested positive for antibodies, so they don't let her donate, either. My *dad* had had hepatitis, but I don't think antibodies are transmittable. So, something going wrong there.<BR/><BR/>Hey. . . would they still let you donate to yourself? I mean, forbid anything should happen to you that you should need it, but I wonder.Lulu--Back in Townhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09907408392497890295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22533835.post-1147091903104348862006-05-08T05:38:00.000-07:002006-05-08T05:38:00.000-07:00Well, actually, it was a double-whammy for me...Fi...Well, actually, it was a double-whammy for me...<BR/><BR/>First, I had to donate blood for myself when I had jaw surgery in 1991. When I did that, I got a false-positive for HIV. Even though they re-did the test and I (obviously) did not have HIV, that was it for a while... rules, you know.<BR/><BR/>Then, when I finally figured that the whole false-test thing was over and tried to give blood again... "Have you lived in England for more than six months in the 80's" came up.<BR/><BR/>So, I figure, I'll try again in ten years and see what new rules they have.<BR/><BR/>It doesn't bother me that much. When my company has blood drives, I just give money.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22533835.post-1146986382963212302006-05-07T00:19:00.000-07:002006-05-07T00:19:00.000-07:00Goddamn them!A lot of the blood shortage is the do...Goddamn them!<BR/><BR/>A lot of the blood shortage is the donation systems' fault. Gah. They also won't let in "A man who has had sex with a man even once since 1977." Or a woman who's "had sex, even once, with a man who's had sex with a man, even once, since 1977." I don't think they make exceptions, even when people have been protected, etc, though it's a possibility (like "Ever traveled to the United Kingdom" is excusable if it was for less than 3 months! Hurrah!). But I don't think so. Forget that the fastest growing population with AIDS has been straight women for a while, now. Or that mad cow was not that kind of issue while you were living there, etc.<BR/><BR/>::huff::<BR/><BR/>Anyway. :( I'm sorry they're dickheads and won't let you.Lulu--Back in Townhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09907408392497890295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22533835.post-1146947338976852812006-05-06T13:28:00.000-07:002006-05-06T13:28:00.000-07:00They won't take my blood because they think I have...They won't take my blood because they think I have mad cow disease from living in England.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com