Quote Originally Posted by 'Marious',index.php?page=Thread&postID=204031#post 204031
That is actually kind of funny that you bring up Plasma selling, I knew a guy that did this to supplement his income. He would come in the next morning all tired and you knew he had sold plasma the previous day. The guy was about 120 wet with a pea coat on so its kind of funny that he did that, but what do I know a bigger guy might look the same after doing the plasma sale haha.
I don't know how I look while tired, but after noticing I felt a lot more tired after doing plasma I skipped it for a week - I felt just as tired not donating plasma as when I was. There might have been other factors. For one, I'm not 120 (weighing in avg 230).


Quote Originally Posted by 'DIllett7799',index.php?page=Thread&postID=204055# post204055
[align=left]Does it hurt lol?
and I have o- blood >.< so gg
but thanks
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I don't think your blood type would really impact your ability to donate. You take a physical/get processed the first time you donate.

The finger poking and initial needle insertion sting a little. After about an hour of laying with a needle in your arm it starts getting uncomfortable. Read: "Get this darn needle outta me!"


Quote Originally Posted by 'Dorffo',index.php?page=Thread&postID=204029#post2 04029
Off subject question, Where do you donate plasma? What do they pay you? Where is plasma anyways lol...
re: plasma dontation

When I was in college there were several options for plasma donation in seattle, they all paid approximately $25-40 a week, but prices may have changed since then - the process involves drawing approximately 1 pint of blood and putting it through a machine that separates out the clear fluid from red blood cells. That fluid is the plasma which your body regenerates much faster then red blood cells. After its separated from the blood they drew they pump your red blood cells back again and repeat the process.
Look up a plasma donation center. One company is ZLB Plasma. As for the process, I'm not sure how much blood they draw per ''cycle" (It's an automated process, a machine draws a certain amount of blood, takes the plasma out, returns the blood cells, rinse/repeat a couple times), but the cycles average about 15 minutes per, with the average number of cycles being 4. Number of cycles depends on how hydrated you are.

Payment wise I'm not too sure about. I'm in the highest weight range and I take home about 60 dollars a week. (25 first visit, 15 second) Each visit takes on average 2 hours.