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Not allowed to donate blood
Fri, 07/14/2006 - 11:38Comments
Re: Not allowed to donate blood
Submitted by lacbos on Wed, 2010-02-17 - 10:42
I am on epileptic drugs and before they disqualified medue to my medications I am on.....They told me you can't donate because of small cut on my finger. What a BUMMER!! Oh well I guess the lab is where I am taking my blood forever and the doesn't care if I have 1 cut 2 cuts ????? Life can be really a BUMMER!!!!
I am on epileptic drugs and before they disqualified medue to my medications I am on.....They told me you can't donate because of small cut on my finger. What a BUMMER!! Oh well I guess the lab is where I am taking my blood forever and the doesn't care if I have 1 cut 2 cuts ????? Life can be really a BUMMER!!!!
Re: Not allowed to donate blood
Submitted by rascal_on_fire on Wed, 2010-02-17 - 04:18
I live in Namibia, for those of you who don't know where that is, it's in South West Africa, where Brad and Angelina had their baby a few years back.
Anyway, according to the rules here, if you've ever had a convulsion (I have grand mal seizures) you're not allowed to donate. They say it's because they're worried about how the donation process will affect you, they don't want you convulsing whilst donating.
It really sucks!!!!!
I live in Namibia, for those of you who don't know where that is, it's in South West Africa, where Brad and Angelina had their baby a few years back.
Anyway, according to the rules here, if you've ever had a convulsion (I have grand mal seizures) you're not allowed to donate. They say it's because they're worried about how the donation process will affect you, they don't want you convulsing whilst donating.
It really sucks!!!!!