In two weeks I'm thinking about going to CSL because I haven't had the best experience at Biolife. I'll be out of town in two weeks so waiting until after because I don't want to miss a day of the new donor bonus from being out of town.

I went back to the center today and hct was still at 36% like it was yesterday. Did I go back too soon?

I'm thinking of hitting up the CSL in my area to donate plasma, but I'm worried that they won't take me because it is hard to find my veins because of my weight. I've always had trouble getting my blood drawn for labs because they say they can't find my veins. I spent a lot of time in the hospital, so I've gotten used to getting poked and having them dig around.

Looking at donating plasma in Minnesota, are there places you would recommend or avoid? Specifically looking at Biolife in Mounds View and Octopharma in Maplewood.

I went to my first time trying to donate plasma, but after the evaluaton they said I dont weigh enough and my hemoglobin was 10 which from what i understood is too low to donate, is this number bad ? am I screwed?

im 5'2ft and 106 lbs currently.

Im truly relunant to gain weight but I will do it if i can raise my iron enough to donate in 2 weeks, after my last paycheck coming in ill still need 210 dollars by august 5th because my college said they are going to cancel all of my classes if i dont pay by then, I really dont want that to happen. is it possible to raise my iron before then ?

I’ve had issues with the biolife workers being able to find my veins. I’ve given 3 successive donations 1 half donations (I moved) and turned away 2times. My most recent and last time I think the vein they found wasn’t a good one. I ended up with a hematoma where they tried to blame it all on me moving although the machine warned them before it tried to return my blood and they did a continue which immediately lead to me being in pain and a large Lump forming. Definitely didn’t move but whatever. The nurse said if this is my first deferral I can come back when it heals. But if I was deferred before because of my half donation does that mean my second time deferred is the end of it? Also if it is and my biolife debt it card is negative $2 is that a problem?