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This is my first time ever getting deferred, and out of frustration, I wanted to see if this has ever happened to anyone else. Essentially, they couldn’t get a reading on my temperature, so they tested it a second time. Solely because they couldn’t get a temperature reading, they deferred me, which has never happened in the past. Considering this was my second payment, which would have resulted in a $100 payment, I’m iratrated to say the least.

Also I meant to mention this occurred at BioLife

I’ve always donated BioLife. Payments have been crap lately, so I switched octapharma. Right before I switched I had a failed SPE. Test with biolife. So I donated one day octa the next day I went to BioLife to do my SPE TEST only. Was told that was OK to do

Cut to today, I had to go back and do another SPE test because I failed. There there was a notice on my account that I tried to donate three times in a week

I never did and never have but I think when I did the SPE they entered it wrong, so it made it looked like I was trying to donate 3 days in a row.

The man that was helping me took me into the back office, made me feel like a criminal. And told me that that’s gonna be on my account forever, and if I do it one more time, I’ll get life deferrence from BioLife.

It’s just frustrating when you don’t do anything wrong and then you get in trouble for it

I went to Biolife today as a new donor. I passed screening but failed my physical, but I can come back any day. However, my Biolife is closed on Mondays so I want to try CSL or Octapharma tomorrow instead of waiting till Tuesday. Will it look like I'm trying to donate too soon in CDCS?

I would just skip a day but I need gas money desperately... I will if I have to obviously but I'd rather not.

Other option.... I used to donate at Grifols about 100 miles away. I'm going there tomorrow (which is why I need gas) will I show up on their CDCS even though it's a different DRA?

Again, I'm NOT trying to donate more than allowed, just don't want to be denied based on a technicality.

So yesterday I donated to grifols plasma for 75$.

Before I donated they issued me a new card because I haven’t donated with them since January and since then i didn’t really use the previous card anymore and once I completed my donation I tried registering the card.

I entered my last name and the PID AND 3 digit number on the back and it keeps saying wrong info or card isn’t active.

And when I tried linking the card to cashapp or PayPal it says bank declined because card isn’t active. And when I tried to buy something it declined.

I’m kind of lost and I’m suspecting something might gotten effed up because last time I checked the cars should be active by the time my donation session is done

Mine is coming up in the next couple weeks and I’m curious, I wanna time my propanol accordingly!

All of my 100+ plasma donations were at the main Grifols in Edmonton. They were very nice people and while they would vary with how strictly they enforced the rules they never ignored the loud warning sounds from machines.

The Canada-wide supension of operations appears to be related to the clinic in Winnipeg. I know they had two deaths of donors. There have been no public allegations, or lawsuits that the deaths were due to inappropriate behaviour by staff. I have seen anonymous allegations they were ignoring warning sounds, but no one went on the record with that.

I was donating to bring in a little extra cash. I'm starting a new job on Monday that puts me in a position where I would have quit donating if operations hadn't been suspended. So I started thinking of Grifols as my final donation would have been sometime this past week.

There were many regular donors who definitely seemd dependent on the compensation. I left my last appointment because an hour after the appointment time they still hadn't even called me in to screen. People who are willing to wait that long to donate must really need the money.

So does it depend on how much water I have to how many milliliters I give? The last few times they said I'm in the middle group of donating. I've never been in the middle group before.

I was just told kedplasma won't be doing referral bonuses this month. Can anyone corroborate that? Every other employee said I should get one except the guy it took 45 minutes to get ahold of. Seems fishy

I tried to donate plasma for the first time in my whole 45 years of life and I got rejected because my resting heart rate was too high. The first time it was 125 beats per minute, then they waited 5 minutes and it was 112 BPM.

The requirement is BPM has to be between 50 BPM and 100 BPM.

I need to try again tomorrow (Saturday) morning, but I need suggestions on how to get my BPM lower .... to 100 max.

ALL my other numbers were fine, it's just my resting heart rate thats too high.

And its high because I am nervous about a 17 gauge needle stuck in my arm and remaining there for 45 minutes.

For the most part, needles don't bother me... I give myself injections every 3 months in my hip as well as using auto-injector for my migraines.

But yesterday was the first time I ever walked into a plasma center and as you can see represented in my heart rate... the place make me nervous.

Any suggestions on how to lower my resting heart rate temporarily enough to get past the screening so I can donate?

EDIT on Saturday, October 17:

I cant believe this!

In summary.. At BioLife yesterday (Oct 16) my HCT level was 47% which passes, but my heart rate was 125 and then 110 bpm which failed me

Today my heart rate is 84 bpm which passes, but my HCT is 55% and 54% is the max it can be. So, I was denied again!

I want to thank ALL of y'all for your tips and suggestions on how to lower my heart rate, it worked!

Any suggestions on how to lower my HCT? 🤦🏼‍♀️😬

Someone has hacked my donating card from Octapharma Plasma. Now I barely have any money left on it. What do I do?

I was told to drink 128 ounces of water the night before donating. I've been doing 64 to 70 ounces. So I'm not doing it right?

This is the second time I’ve donated the same day as I start my period. I’m 28, have 3 kids that are 6+ and my tubes are BURNT because me and my husband both agreed that 3 is enough so there is literally no chance of me being pregnant and have regular periods that are HEAVY and the cramps are always pretty bad to where I’ll have to squat down with my feet apart and my fist buried in my stomach with my legs helping to push my fist against my lower abdomen and both times I’ve went to donate the same day I start my period then I haven’t had ANY cramps… literally NONE! And instead of having to change a S+ every hour and a half at the beginning then I’ve been changing a R every few hours. I drink lots of water and make sure to stay properly hydrated so I know I’m not dehydrated at all. Has anyone else experienced something like this? And no there is no possibility of me having caught something that would affect my period because me and my husband have been together since 7th grade and I have no doubt in my mind that he is 100% loyal.

hi

lately i have been going early 7:30 am, sure there's less of a wait unless it's a day, several new donors decide to show up

but my plasma center seems to put entry level or those straight out of phleb school in the very early morning hours and my plasma center has a lot of turn around in terms of people leaving for whatever reason

the last several times, the phlebs looked very unsure of themselves and stuck me hard and left bruises where i had to take a week off before donating

will going later in the day as in the afternoon...will that have a better chance of avoiding inexperienced fresh out of phleb. school / entry level phlebs that might accidentally pin to strong, make mistakes, etc?

im very kind to all the phlebs and make small talk, but i need to donate long term and several times the very very young phlebs were like tracing my arm for a long time and there was a slow return or whaever that's called that needs to re-insert the needle or it will just stay stuck or slow

if so, what time in the afternoon has *more experienced phlebs* who although maybe a hemotoma can occur with even the most experienced phlelbs..., there's less of a chance with experienced phlebs of that happening

thanks in advance....

TIA

I see and hear about people switching centers with what seems to be a pretty decent frequency... am I missing something? Or is this coincidence more than practice?

My intuition was correct on why I wanted to use the right arm 😒 They had to stick my right arm ANYWAY to return the RBC’s. Ugh. How effing annoying…

CORRECTION: Sixth donation I completely forgot me, and my bf already did the 5 donations in 30-day promotion.

Hello, first I'm glad I found this subreddit. Tbh, I joined a kinda dead subreddit earlier for plasma before finding this one but didn't want to post yet.

Does CSL usually pay you way less than $100 for your fifth donation? Is there a reason why it would be less after proving your loyalty? lmao.

Do codes help at all to earn more?

Disclaimer/background: I remember seeing return donor fees that were at least $30/$50 just for coming back at my center. I'm asking because my boyfriend, who is 200 lbs, was literally paid $40 for his fifth donation. I'm 110 lbs myself and lowkey, scared I'd get paid $20, honestly.

Question for you all. I have about 150 donations over the last few years. I am not good about drinking water, so often I don't drink as much water and other hydrating fluids as I should be. Normally, my hematocrit sits around 46 and 52.

Several times over the years I will decide I am going to be more responsible and drink a bunch of water and give myself a smoother donation experience, and drink 2 or 3 times my normal amount of water the day before/day of. It usually backfires.

For example, on Monday I drank over 100oz of water in preparation for my donation Tuesday. I got in, BP, temp, and HR were great, but my hematocrit was 58. I didn't drink any water yesterday, and only 16oz this morning and I went in, and my hematocrit was 52.

Why does my level drop when I am dehydrated? If I force myself to drink water more throughout the week will my levels eventually drop? I am honestly very confused.

I have started a nonprofit for Plasma Donors, the Plasma Donors Association. What activities or benefits would donors want from the association. I was thinking it would be good to rate centers and provide information on how much each center pays for donations. Anything else?

I really hope that I pass by the 17th because honestly my pulse always go up whenever the cuff reinflates and I wasn't even ready when they did it. I was still adjusting myself. So I think the sudden movement and cuff reinflating both times really kept me from passing. Last week the cuff reinflated both times too. I didn't pass the first time last week but the second time I did. This time when the cuff reinflated both times I didn't pass either one. What do I do to keep it from reinflating everytime? The first time I didn't even move and it still reinflated. The second time I only did in the beginning because the lady started it when I was getting myself situated and she saw I wasn't ready and getting situated still and still put the machine on. I even said before it happened to her I needed a few seconds because I was adjusting my hand because I had my hand in a fist and thought it wouldn't work with it being in a tight fist.

I’ve been donating twice weekly for almost 6 months so far. As a new donor I made around $700 the first month, now I make $480 monthly from donating. Also work full time. I eat a rhealthy diet 6 days out of the week, and take some supplements, but do allow myself a little bit of a cheat day once a week. I feel no changes in my health this far, but I do have scarring where they poke my arm. I transfer the $120 weekly to a savings account with high APY. My goal is to keep this going for 3 years so I can save up enough to buy a car and have some left over for insurance. all the being said, has anyone donated without missing a week for years and have you felt any effects to your health?

I'm going a little nuts here This is my 3rd time I've got an elevated beta globulin. I'm hydrating properly, and I haven't felt sick. One more bad test and I'm deferred Anyone ever find out why they were failing their SPEs?

As you could see for the 42 dollar payment, the machine stopped at 922 ml and I only got payed half. For the 40 dollar payment I gave the full 1000 ml. I was expecting 80 bucks but only got 40. Why is that?

First time I donated I mentioned my sister was staying with me, I mentioned she was cured of Hep C in the past.

They said that was fine. I like to be thorough, so on donation 2 I mentioned it again. They said I never mentioned this the first time(I did, I even talked to staff about it) and deferred me indefinitely.

I could use some extra money rn, things have been tight.

My sister hasn't been staying with me for awhile now, I just dunno what I should do.

I seriously do not understand how I randomly tested positive for ATYA, meanwhile I’ve been donating for years consistently and have never had an issue.

I’m not pregnant.
I have not been pregnant for over a decade.
I’ve never had a blood transfusion.
I haven’t had anyone’s blood on me in several years. (My own kids after they got hurt)
I’ve never had an STD.
I recently had a full blood panel done with my PCP for unrelated reasons.
I tested negative for absolutely everything else on the panel at Octapharma.
I was at BioLife for years and underwent their testing a few months ago again, all clear.

So how the heck did this happen?
It makes no sense. Someone explain it to me like I’m 5.
I rely on this income to have room to breathe and I’m trying to not freak out.

Does this mean I’m now on the national permanent deferral list?
Can I just go back to Bio since I hadn’t had any issues there as of a few weeks ago?
Do I have to tell them I was at Octapharma for 3 donations before they permanently deferred me?