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Old 11-18-08, 02:21 PM
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Originally Posted by GreenRiver
I'm a long time donor and started with the double red program a couple of years ago. The procedure takes about 25 minutes (for me). I got the impression from the folks at the blood center that they really value this type of donation. I'm O-, so I'm pretty popular with them anyway.

OK thanks. Sorry to repeat or rephrase the question, but please compare your recovery time and any other effects between donating whole blood and donating double RBCs.

Yeah, they really try to push that ALYX thing. I'd like to help them out, I mean that's what I'm there for... but if it's two weeks before I get my sprint* back that's a little too much to ask.

* I don't really have a detectable sprint as far as an outside observer could tell.
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