as a side note, I used to get together with a few friends and we'd donate plasma in order to cover our range fees weekly. It seemed like a solid plan for a Saturday, start there around 11 am then get to the range after lunch. Everything done that afternoon would be covered by the $30 check from the plasma place. (I shot a 9mm at the time. and ammo was cheaper back in 2001).
After about 6 months of doing this every week, one of my saturday friends ended up in the hospital for alcohol/ingested drug poisoning on a Friday night. He got his stomach pumped and an introveneous solution of some sort was given (also called an I.V.)
I called him up that next saturday morning from outside the plasma place...his girlfriend answered. "he's not going to make it [for the reason mentioned above] and you shouldn't be going in either!" "Why not?" "because the Dr. thought he was on introvenous drugs because the veins in his arms were so scarred. He said that if [my friend] didn't stop 'shooting up' his veins would be so scarred that he would risk at least numbness in his hands, perhaps inability to use his hands and even blockages that may require surgery." She informed him that [my friend] didn't use introveneous drugs at all, and she had lived with him for years. She did mention that he got stuck with a needle every weekend at the plasma place. The Dr. replied that was going to be his next guess.
Supposedly the needles they use at the plasma place are fairly large and cause a lot of tissue damage. This is why you get blood pooling and bruises every now and again when you go.
We all stopped going at that point, and decided to just put in an extra hour or two of overtime to cover our range fees.
After about 6 months of doing this every week, one of my saturday friends ended up in the hospital for alcohol/ingested drug poisoning on a Friday night. He got his stomach pumped and an introveneous solution of some sort was given (also called an I.V.)
I called him up that next saturday morning from outside the plasma place...his girlfriend answered. "he's not going to make it [for the reason mentioned above] and you shouldn't be going in either!" "Why not?" "because the Dr. thought he was on introvenous drugs because the veins in his arms were so scarred. He said that if [my friend] didn't stop 'shooting up' his veins would be so scarred that he would risk at least numbness in his hands, perhaps inability to use his hands and even blockages that may require surgery." She informed him that [my friend] didn't use introveneous drugs at all, and she had lived with him for years. She did mention that he got stuck with a needle every weekend at the plasma place. The Dr. replied that was going to be his next guess.
Supposedly the needles they use at the plasma place are fairly large and cause a lot of tissue damage. This is why you get blood pooling and bruises every now and again when you go.
We all stopped going at that point, and decided to just put in an extra hour or two of overtime to cover our range fees.