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Edgekrusher
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Have you ever Donated Plasma..................on weed?
#5593902 - 05/05/06 12:19 PM (17 years, 8 months ago) |
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So I went downtown to make some cash selling plasma. I've never had a problem before, but this time was different. Right before headin out, I was bongin' it over at a friends. I hadn't smoked for about 3 days since I've been trying to get the tolerance down while letting the lungs refresh.
Well, I arrive and there is no wait whatsoever, and they hook me up right away. As soon as my blood starts pouring out I feel real light headed (more-so). Then they turn on the machine and its like I'm gonna die. I break out in a full-body cold sweat and my breakfast is trying to climb out the way it came in. I got a nurse to unplug me, and I immediately felt better.
This has never happened to me, and was just wondering if anyone else has experienced such? It felt like an extremely sickening cannabis high - like the kind you could only get way back in the day. Any ideas? I also took an asprin to thin my blood, but this is usual.
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Re: Have you ever Donated Plasma..................on weed? [Re: Edgekrusher]
#5593938 - 05/05/06 12:27 PM (17 years, 8 months ago) |
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When I was a heavy toker, I donated twice a week for 3 years straight. Never had a prob. Sounds more like a panic attack than anything else.
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Re: Have you ever Donated Plasma..................on weed? [Re: FungusMan]
#5593969 - 05/05/06 12:33 PM (17 years, 8 months ago) |
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something like that happened to me once, and it was a panic attack. try to meditate before going. you were probably nervous, because youve never smoked before a donation. besides, wouldnt the person you give your weed blood to get sick? theyre supposed to ask you if youve taken any drugs beforehand
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Re: Have you ever Donated Plasma..................on weed? [Re: zappa]
#5594006 - 05/05/06 12:42 PM (17 years, 8 months ago) |
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zappa said: something like that happened to me once, and it was a panic attack. try to meditate before going. you were probably nervous, because youve never smoked before a donation. besides, wouldnt the person you give your weed blood to get sick? theyre supposed to ask you if youve taken any drugs beforehand
Actually, they test your blood for drugs. But they really dont care about weed unless you show up smelling like chronic.
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Edgekrusher
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Re: Have you ever Donated Plasma..................on weed? [Re: FungusMan]
#5594073 - 05/05/06 12:58 PM (17 years, 8 months ago) |
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They test your blood for protein and sugar levels. They test your piss for opiates. They don't care about weed. Thats sperm banks.
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Re: Have you ever Donated Plasma..................on weed? [Re: Edgekrusher]
#5594090 - 05/05/06 01:02 PM (17 years, 8 months ago) |
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Does donating plasma hurt? How does it compare to donating blood?
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Re: Have you ever Donated Plasma..................on weed? [Re: astabooty]
#5594138 - 05/05/06 01:13 PM (17 years, 8 months ago) |
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It is donating blood, but they sift out the plasma in your blood and pump it back into you so you're not as weak as in donating blood. You can do it twice a week.
It had never hut before, but this last time was hell. My arm is still sore. I'm starting to think the bitch stabbed me wrong. I talked to a guy in the lobby who once had a nurse stab completely through his vein. When the blood was pumped back it all missed the vein and got caught between his muscle and skin. His whole arm was black and bruised for a month.
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Re: Have you ever Donated Plasma..................on weed? [Re: Edgekrusher]
#5594162 - 05/05/06 01:19 PM (17 years, 8 months ago) |
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How much do you get paid to do this and where can I sign up? Seriously.
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Re: Have you ever Donated Plasma..................on weed? [Re: TODAY]
#5594177 - 05/05/06 01:24 PM (17 years, 8 months ago) |
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In AR it's like $50 each time you go I think. Check the blood bank.
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Edgekrusher
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Re: Have you ever Donated Plasma..................on weed? [Re: TODAY]
#5594182 - 05/05/06 01:25 PM (17 years, 8 months ago) |
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it differs from center to center. Most major cities have atleast one. Where I'm at (Arkansas) It's $65 a week if you weigh over 150lbs and go twice. Takes about an hour each trip, if you eat some asprin regularly your blood will be thinner and you can be out in 45 minutes. Deffinitely an easy extra $250/month.
Oh and if you go on your birthday they'll hook you up with $10 extra. lol
DCI Biologicals is the name of the center here. They're website also has a coupon to print off for an extra $10 for newcomers.
No Way Morphius... I know every donation point in Arkansas. The only one that paid anywhere close to that is no more. But they pumped you back up with cold water which froze you from the outside... suckage.
Edited by Edgekrusher (05/05/06 01:27 PM)
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Re: Have you ever Donated Plasma..................on weed? [Re: morphius2661]
#5594209 - 05/05/06 01:31 PM (17 years, 8 months ago) |
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I'm checking out the California locations right now. They have 2 close by. I'll call them up and ask them. Woot, this'll be sweet.
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Re: Have you ever Donated Plasma..................on weed? [Re: TODAY]
#5594364 - 05/05/06 01:59 PM (17 years, 8 months ago) |
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Funny you guys would call selling your plasma a "donation"... 
Where I live, bodily fluids (except for sperm, strangely) are not considered a commercial commodity, luckily. And they still get what they need. I even donated bone marrow once for someone who had leukemia. Didn't get paid for it, it didn't cross my mind.
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Re: Have you ever Donated Plasma..................on weed? [Re: Aldous]
#5594601 - 05/05/06 03:06 PM (17 years, 8 months ago) |
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My wife worked at a local plasma collector called Aventis Bio Services. She said the collections are sent to Germany. When you first start donating, your not allowed to have any tatoos or piercings that arent older than a year. On my third year of donating, they discovered a tat on my neck that I "forgot" to tell them about, and got banned from donating statewide.
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Re: Have you ever Donated Plasma..................on weed? [Re: FungusMan]
#5594648 - 05/05/06 03:21 PM (17 years, 8 months ago) |
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I've had mono, and I'm gay - no donating blood for me.
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Re: Have you ever Donated Plasma..................on weed? [Re: Aldous]
#5594712 - 05/05/06 03:40 PM (17 years, 8 months ago) |
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i live in a world where sustinance costs money. as soon as i don't, i'll give my fluids away for free.
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Re: Have you ever Donated Plasma..................on weed? [Re: TODAY]
#5594747 - 05/05/06 03:57 PM (17 years, 8 months ago) |
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I don't know if that's the point, really. Maybe it's OK to sell it if they sell it themselves to the patients, but I simply wouldn't "donate" in such a case. I they give the patients your "donations" for free, then I think you should donate for free. I'm just not comfortable with the idea of turning bodily production into a commodity, but then I guess I'm old-fashioned.
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Re: Have you ever Donated Plasma..................on weed? [Re: Aldous]
#5594771 - 05/05/06 04:07 PM (17 years, 8 months ago) |
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It's not really for free -- don't the insurance agencies pick up the tab and stuff?
Check it:
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http://www.bloodmobile.com/plasma_sales.html
There are more than 500 for-profit plasma collection centers in the United States, one of the largest suppliers of Blood plasma products in the world. According to the plasma industry, there are between 1.5 million and 2 million paid donors, 70 percent of whom donate regularly.
Product, as in an article of commerce.
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Re: Have you ever Donated Plasma..................on weed? [Re: Edgekrusher]
#5595008 - 05/05/06 05:31 PM (17 years, 8 months ago) |
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Edgekrusher said:Well, I arrive and there is no wait whatsoever, and they hook me up right away. As soon as my blood starts pouring out I feel real light headed (more-so). Then they turn on the machine and its like I'm gonna die. I break out in a full-body cold sweat and my breakfast is trying to climb out the way it came in. I got a nurse to unplug me, and I immediately felt better
It wasn't the smoke or a panic attack. It just happens. I used to do volunteer work for the RC and watched it happen to old pros all the time. It even happened to me once when I had a just a little drawn for tests. No panic the whole time, I usually even like to watch, but that time it was just....whoa.... Although, it doesn't help any if they don't get the stab right, or your viens act up after the nurse walks off.
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Re: Have you ever Donated Plasma..................on weed? [Re: EvesApple]
#5601126 - 05/07/06 02:00 PM (17 years, 8 months ago) |
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Alright, time for a little Update.
You're totally right EvesApple. I've thought about it, and it must have had a lot to do with the needle stick. The chick totally fudged up. It's been a few days and I still have a nasty swollen track mark.
Like I said, I had intense pain the moment the needle went in (unusual), and when the machine came on it only got worst. I complained once before being unplugged, and all the nurse did was move the needle in my arm around. I think she went too deep, because when correcting the stick it appeared as if she removed it half an inch.
There was an Aventis in town, but it shutdown last year. I liked them better than DCI Biologicals.
As for Aldous getting off topic: You can call a shovel a rake, but it's still a shovel. I'm not the one who started refering to the exchange of plasma/money as a "donation". The companies responisble are, and I'm sure it's part of some clinical protocol. I don't know where you're from, but in America the individual is responsible for his/her medical bills, and nothing is scott-free. Even donated blood (w/o profit) is going to cost you if you wind up in need of it. The fact that there are multitudes of employees within these widespread organizations should be enough to enlighten the onlooker that money IS involved. Plus a hospital working via donations would only ensure sub-standard healthcare. Sorry if free-enterprise offends you, but it's fundamental for our way life.
Did you even stop to think about the jobless individuals who could really use the spare change the service provides them? I just do it for a lil cash, but there are people down at that lobby who rely on the money plasma gets them to support their family with food and shelter each week. Maybe in you're perfect world everyone just donates everything, but in America we use currency. And to get that currency you'll need to perform a task, or sell a product.
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Re: Have you ever Donated Plasma..................on weed? [Re: Edgekrusher]
#5602512 - 05/07/06 08:31 PM (17 years, 8 months ago) |
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What are you talking about sick cannibus high. I had a experiance once where i smoked alot of weed and some bad shit happened and i started feeling like i was burning alive and going to die and get sick all over the place. Someone had told me they put heroin in the weed. Any ideas.
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Edgekrusher
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Re: Have you ever Donated Plasma..................on weed? [Re: Shimen]
#5602904 - 05/07/06 10:01 PM (17 years, 8 months ago) |
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I'm just talking about having wicked head-rushes and lack of oxygen. If you've felt it you'd know it. Happens a lot when smoking out of your element.
It's possible that the weed had heroin in it. I've heard of assholes spraying weed with windex. Adds weight and a nasty burn.
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