Originally Posted by
unterhausen
I really don't think it helps my fitness. From what I see, the minimum donation wait is too short in the U.S., so it's likely I am chronically short of red blood cells. At least I've given enough blood that I feel better in 2 days now. It used to affect me for a couple of weeks.
Some or a large part of my hope in making that statement about EPO being higher after a blood donation was/is to encourage blood donations. Whether or not one gets faster might just depend on how good they feel about themselves for donating.