Donating blood

[Bonaparte]

When a person is on table in the ER after a car wreck or somethings wrong in their body and the doctors can't figure out what it is I can't think that putting another factor into the equation could be a good thing.
Also, when you donate blood aren't you wasting a little of the stuff that you are trying to utilize? I mean if you are counting every last gram of carbs. Or, the amount of time you spent making love to in order to determine metabolic requirements for that day...why would you want to have to figure out how much more substance to take in order to make up for what you lose by giving blood. And being that we are trying to be that precise, shouldn't we have a little more consideration for the precision that others (doctors) bring to their jobs (saving lives).
No monkey wrenches!

Most donated blood goes to anemic old people and trauma victims. A hormonal spike isn't going to be a huge deal (and it certainly beats no blood at all). If you're worried about it, do a double RBC donation. They keep mainly just RBC, which isn't where hormones and most drugs are found (they are bound in plasma).

[The Titan99]

Most donated blood goes to anemic old people and trauma victims. A hormonal spike isn't going to be a huge deal (and it certainly beats no blood at all). If you're worried about it, do a double RBC donation. They keep mainly just RBC, which isn't where hormones and most drugs are found (they are bound in plasma).

This is what I need to do. My RBC is always high when I do BW. Fvcking Thailand doesn't make it easy to give blood though. A lot of hospital's don't take it. Ironically they're constantly whining about short blood supplies.

I've thought about draining blood myself but the obvious risk of ending up winning the Darwin Award for the year has kept me from it.

[Bonaparte]

I've thought about draining blood myself but the obvious risk of ending up winning the Darwin Award for the year has kept me from it.

You can't hurt yourself unless you use a dirty needle or something obvious. It's not like you could accidentally draw enough blood to hurt yourself (since it comes out really slow).

[The Titan99]

You can't hurt yourself unless you use a dirty needle or something obvious. It's not like you could accidentally draw enough blood to hurt yourself (since it comes out really slow).

I was afraid I might pass out and accidentally die. Marginally less embarrassing than auto erotic acxfictiation.

[Bonaparte]

I was afraid I might pass out and accidentally die. Marginally less embarrassing than auto erotic acxfictiation.

That would be tough to do so long as you're otherwise healthy.
At your size, 1 pint should barely touch you. I've done two without any issue, and I'm much smaller.
You'll start to feel lightheaded long before completely losing consciousness, at which point you just pull the needle out.
But if you're really that worried, just have someone else supervise you.

[The Titan99]

That would be tough to do so long as you're otherwise healthy.
At your size, 1 pint should barely touch you. I've done two without any issue, and I'm much smaller.
You'll start to feel lightheaded long before completely losing consciousness, at which point you just pull the needle out.
But if you're really that worried, just have someone else supervise you.

That's good news. I just started a cycle. Does it matter if I do it now or should I wait until after?