Thrasymachus
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Absolutely we should all be donating as long as you can.Doesn't donating blood regularly help lower hemoglobin and hematocrit levels?
I've been donating every time I am eligible. My hemoglobin last time was 18.3 on their finger prick, but it's higher with the finger prick and my labs showed 16.x. I am chronically dehydrated so I am trying to make sure I am drinking enough and next time my levels will be better
If you can do it every 2 months or a power red every 4 months.
I just don't like messing around with it and prefer to draw off my own blood in a greater amount than what the Red Cross will allow. 450ml(one unit of blood) isn't gonna cut for me, I prefer 1300ml whole blood at a time even though it's a lot of blood to remove in one go, it works for me at 230lbs.