Donating blood is hard AF right now.

Nomad · Jun 7, 2020

I’ve been having the hardest time donating blood since the pandemic. No mobile blood drives and the alternative to the Red Cross is booked for weeks.. I was also told last time I used the Red Cross my numbers were too high and I’ll be denied forever until I call a number they gave me....

anyone know of lab Corp helps if defy sends order? It’s been over 6 months now... I’m getting night sweats and haven’t changed anything... I’m having no other high e2 sides or low I don’t think it’s that.

should I just get my normal bloodwork done now and see where I’m at or continue trying to donate first?

fifty · Jun 7, 2020

Really? Texas claims a large blood shortage and I recently got texts begging me to donate.

DorianGray · Jun 7, 2020

You can buy the supplies to collect your own blood. As long as you don't have an aversion to sticking a needle in your arm, it's quite easy.

Gman86 · Jun 7, 2020

Just donated this morning actually. American Red Cross has blood drives constantly in Mass. I just leave out that I’m on TRT. HGB was 17.5. HCT on my latest bloodwork about 2 weeks ago was 54, hence why I donated. I booked the appt probably 4 days ago on the American Red Cross website

Sly · Jun 7, 2020

20HCT is the Red Cross cutoff. I’ve been as high as 19.2. It was funny the last time I donated the tech said, “now we are going to check your red blood cell count, if it is too low, you can’t donate.” I said, now worried about that. It was 18.5.