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Plasma money recovery
Sakebomb
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Im considering donating plasma to cover the rising cost of gas and such.
My ideal plan will have me donating every Monday and Saturday.
My biggest concern is how this going to affect my workout schedule. I imagine hitting the gym the day after a donation will probably fuck me up one way or another.
Anyone have any experience with this?
Im also gonna go back to drinking copious amounts of water, and limiting myself to one carbonated beverage a day.
My ideal plan will have me donating every Monday and Saturday.
My biggest concern is how this going to affect my workout schedule. I imagine hitting the gym the day after a donation will probably fuck me up one way or another.
Anyone have any experience with this?
Im also gonna go back to drinking copious amounts of water, and limiting myself to one carbonated beverage a day.
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Your overall plasma returns to normal after 24-36 hours for a healthy individual. But your red blood cell count? That shit takes weeks. Not to mention your drastically decreased levels of iron.
Couldn't be more against this idea.
He said donating plasma, not blood.
Well, I'm going to be donating plasma, (it pays more) and from what I understand, they pump the blood out, separate the plasma, and then pump the blood back into you.
Does that make a difference with the red blood cell count and iron levels still?
EDIT: Ill change the thread title, its misleading
The place I want to go to pays $20 for your first donation, then another $30 if you come back within 7 days.
Comes out to an extra $200 a month, which is almost what I spend on gas
I imagine as long as you aren't killing yourself working out the day after, you should be alright.
Donating plasma won't affect your red blood cells, as far as I know - the plasma is separated out, and the red blood cells are returned to your body.
I can't say I really agree with your primary motivation for donating being gas money, but it's your body, and you'll still be helping people regardless of your motives.
To the OP: honestly, you'd probably be better off getting a part-time job, unless the going rate for plasma in your part of the world is ridiculously high. It takes an hour or two per procedure, plus transportation time to and from the clinic. Plus gas money, if it's far enough away that you need to drive. Your workout routine will suffer, you'll have to make a conscious effort to keep yourself properly hydrated, and I don't think a single day between donations is enough time to recover.
If you're looking at making $50 in a week for two donations, at a cost of four or five hours... man, just get a job at a convenience store or something for one or two shifts per week. It'll be more money, fewer needles jabbed into your arm, and less inconvenience.
My bad.
Well, with plasma donations you do get your RBCs back, but I couldn't imagine getting back into heavy lifting until 48+ hours after having such a large gauge needle in you.
I also have no idea how your body will react (constant soreness, bruising, etc.) to having large needles poked in the same area so frequently.
Honestly, you will probably be sore, and lifting heavy raises blood pressure quite a bit during movement - may not be the best thing.
The procedure itself is closer to 45 minutes. Transportation of course will vary a lot, depending on where he lives.
You need at least 2 full days between donations though, and I don't know how it would affect exercising. I did it for about a month or two. The only conscious change I had to make on my diet, was getting enough protein. Water, everything else was fine. I personally had n problems with bruising etc, but for a longer period of time, I don't know how well the veins would react.
While it's safe, I noticed a definite drop in my overall energy level for about 12 - 24 hours after donating, and in the long term that lasted longer. It wasn't to the point I would pass out, but at the end of a busy day after donating, all I had the energy to do was crawl into bed and die. You might be ok in the short term, but if you are looking to do this for a extended period of time, you will either have to cut back on the workouts, or find a different way to make a quick buck.
As long as you don't workout after donating on the same day, I don't see why it would get in the way of you exercising, over the short-term, at least. I don't know about the long-term.
if you're just starting to get into it and you don't want to drop your lifting schedule, i would recommend going in and lifting light to assess any effects. if you don't notice any, lift a little heavier the next time. do as such until you notice effects or you reach your desired level.
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i would stick to semen or blood
And really, if you're having any medical procedure done after donating you should make the proffesional aware that you've just donated blood/plasma.
As for sticking to blood rather then plasma, don't they use thinners for that too?
You can't 'donate' blood for money (in the US at least), and the semen donor process is incredibly selective.
You don't donate for money. That's called selling.
I would also say it's a bad idea, your vascular system is pretty robust, but fuck if you're not going to look like a heroin addict after a month or three.
I guess you could always go do it and if you feel like shit after a week, stop. It's not some long term commitment anyway like selling eggs.
(selling eggs is an awful idea)
talking weeks.
the people who were taking the plasma did not tell her to avoid things like that , my MIL is quite an active donor so she jumped on the chance to be able t give more. She was told nothing abou the risk of bleeding out due to the process of plasma donation.