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By Millie (Guest Post)
09/29/2008
Don't you hate leaving without giving? Clive, our blood drive coordinator, said to sit on your hands to make sure your hands are warm. He was turned down --had never been turned down before--and had them take the sample from each hand and failed. He then sat on his hands and warmed them up and passed the 3rd time! My blood pressure was also more than 20 points lower in one arm than my first arm they tried!
Millie
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09/29/2008
I just donated blood 3 days ago for the 66th time. There were times when my iron has been low also ... but think I have finally found a combination that helps! You know those little boxes of raisins that you can buy for kids snacks? The Red cross people told me to eat two of those boxes the day before giving blood, and two the morning of donating. They also said not to drink tea, as tea keeps your body from absorbing iron. I heard that it is really the caffeine, so much to my dismay, I stopped drinking tea, coffee, pop, AND CHOCOLATE, for about a week before donating blood. And even being in the middle of my "monthly", I had a good iron level this time!
By
09/29/2008
I just donated blood 3 days ago for the 66th time. There were times when my iron has been low also ... but think I have finally found a combination that helps! You know those little boxes of raisins that you can buy for kids snacks? The Red cross people told me to eat two of those boxes the day before giving blood, and two the morning of donating. They also said not to drink tea, as tea keeps your body from absorbing iron. I heard that it is really the caffeine, so much to my dismay, I stopped drinking tea, coffee, pop, AND CHOCOLATE, for about a week before donating blood. And even being in the middle of my "monthly", I had a good iron level this time!
By Brenda (Guest Post)
09/29/2008
I just donated blood 3 days ago for the 66th time. There were times when my iron has been low also, but think I have finally found a combination that helps! You know those little boxes of raisins that you can buy for kids snacks? The Red cross people told me to eat two of those boxes the day before giving blood, and two the morning of donating. They also said not to drink tea, as tea keeps your body from absorbing iron.
I heard that it is really the caffeine, so much to my dismay, I stopped drinking tea, coffee, pop, AND CHOCOLATE, for about a week before donating blood. And even being in the middle of my "monthly", I had a good iron level this time!
By
09/27/2008
I've had the same problem with my iron levels. I always take a vitamin supplement with iron for about a week before the blood drive.
By Harry (Guest Post)
09/27/2008
When I donate blood and my iron is low the Red cross always tells me to go home and eat spinach or liver or both.
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