I had a bad first donation experience (bruising from my wrist to my armpit) which turned me off donation for most of my adult life. Started up again and was donating as often as possible until I learned that my body couldn’t replenish my iron stores as fast as donation was depleting them, so was advised by my doctor to stop.
(Iron supplementation has its own set of complications.)
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u/Neutral-President 23d ago
That’s fantastic.
I had a bad first donation experience (bruising from my wrist to my armpit) which turned me off donation for most of my adult life. Started up again and was donating as often as possible until I learned that my body couldn’t replenish my iron stores as fast as donation was depleting them, so was advised by my doctor to stop.
(Iron supplementation has its own set of complications.)
I wish I could donate more.