I'm a big believer in giving blood and do so whenever I can (every 3/4months).
Now when you donate they take around 500ml (around 1/8th of your blood). They say not to do intense exercise for 24hrs and the blood will rejuvinate within a few days. But surely with your donation goes lots and lots of red blood cells (that carry oxygen to the muscles) that you've worked so hard to get. These surely cannot redevelop back to the full capacity on their own, and therefore by giving blood you're taking a backwards step in your fitness. Donating blood is almost the reverse process of blood doping - instead of swopping your blood for some fully charged with red cells, you're giving 1/8th of them away! daft for anyone working hard to constantly improve fitness.
Am I right with my theory? and has anyone else felt terrible during training for some weeks after donating? :cane:
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Yeah, if they don't stick that artery correctly you'll get pooling of the excess blood that doesn't get drawn out the tube. I give about 2 to 3 times a year and have rarely been victimized by a tech - twice I think over the last 20 or so years.
I love the snacks afterwards. I can astound them with how much I'll consume of their "required" snacks.
Yup, after this happened... I called my Mom and she said what you mentioned above... but, OMG, what he had to do to to try and "fix the problem" wasn't working and made it alot worse.
I do really need to start giving blood again... maybe that will be a new years' resolution.
As for the snacks... you can really hit the jackpot sometimes!
Yeah, if they don't stick that artery correctly you'll get pooling of the excess blood that doesn't get drawn out the tube. I give about 2 to 3 times a year and have rarely been victimized by a tech - twice I think over the last 20 or so years.
I love the snacks afterwards. I can astound them with how much I'll consume of their "required" snacks.
Yup, after this happened... I called my Mom and she said what you mentioned above... but, OMG, what he had to do to to try and "fix the problem" wasn't working and made it alot worse.
I do really need to start giving blood again... maybe that will be a new years' resolution.
As for the snacks... you can really hit the jackpot sometimes!
