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I also never donate because I feel it's unethical when you're on roids. Like rcorchid said: would you want someone else's tainted blood in your system? It's just not right.
Yep, I can't get my iron back up either.
How does your crit look from being on? Mine can still get pretty high, despite iron being low. I've also had an upper and lower endoscopy and no internal bleeding.
If this is all your doctor is basing his theory off, he should do a bit more digging. They typically: consume fewer calories, weigh less, have less overall tissue--which requires more blood/oxygen via the heart, are often times more health conscious (but not always), etc. It could be a myriad of things that raises the life expectancy of females vs. males.Every 4 months. My doctor believes women live longer than men because of the amount of blood they lose in their lifetime.
Overdosed on liver tabs maybe
Its acceptable at several different blood donation centers across the U.S for females on hormone replacement and birth control to donate. Which are constitutes of high levels of progestins, estradiol and estriol.
Is that unethical, too?
Though I do applaud you on your ethical views, another thing to consider is the fact that your blood, when being used, is mixed together with many other bags of blood thus diluting it substantially. I'm not saying this makes it 'right' though it is something to take into consideration .It's not unethical because since it's an allowed exception they are (most likely) being truthful on the questionnaire with what they are taking and how much EE2, levonorgestrel, norgesterone, etc.
They aren't saying 'no, haven't taken even an aspirin', when one may have been eating cheque drops, halo, and dnp everyday. Or maybe deca that sticks around for months. Do you want that blood?
Though I do applaud you on your ethical views, another thing to consider is the fact that your blood, when being used, is mixed together with many other bags of blood thus diluting it substantially. I'm not saying this makes it 'right' though it is something to take into consideration .
Its acceptable at several different blood donation centers across the U.S for females on hormone replacement and birth control to donate. Which are constitutes of high levels of progestins, estradiol and estriol.
Is that unethical, too?
You make a very valid point and I never even took that into consideration. Thanks for sharing. That is actually some pretty good information.Guys are going to try to justify this in all sorts of ways and that's fine, for them, of course. I just stated my opinion on the subject. Having worked in a career for over 30 years as a contract lab who had to routinely buy blood, plasma, other biological matrices from the vendors who collect it even for non-consumption purposes, I know how much it sucks to spend a lot of money buying this stuff only to find out it contains unexpected drugs that render it useless for scientific purposes. And yes, that blood is pooled also, but if one is trying to detect parts per billion or trillion of a drug, that contamination can still be seen. If blood is being collected for medical purposes, that's even worse.
So I don't donate when I'm "on" (which is all the time).
For those of you who never donate, what is your reasoning behind this? Do you monitor labs?