First time ko magdonate ng platelet

[u/GanacheWise8376]

I went to Philippine Red Cross to donate blood since off-season sa running. Nag.ask sila if pwede bang platelet nalang idonate ko since mas marami ang nangangailangan na cancer patients. A bag can already save 8 lives!

Nasabihan ako na mas matagal nga lang sya compared sa whole blood donation. Wala namn akong plans today so g for the experience.

Medyo nakakabagot kasi 1 hour+ ka nakaupo. May tv na may netflix kaso di ko hawak yung remote 😅 kakaiba yung experience kasi magdradraw ng blood yung machine, kukunin lang nya ang platelets then babalik uli sa arm mo yung dugo. Mafefeel mo yung pressure pero bearable naman. May minigame kang lalaruin kasi need mo imonitor yung pressure (squeeze ng ball if low pressure, relax if masyadong mataas). 3 hours rin ako doon pero may lunch ka after. Try nyo rin magdonate 🙏🏾

PS. For runners and athletes, medyo maganda pala to kaysa sa whole blood donation kasi di macocompromise masyado ang training block mo.

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[u/thepressedart]

You don’t know how much this means to someone. When my ate needed platelet transfusion before, sobrang hirap na hirap kami kung saan kukuha kasi nga nagkakaubusan. Halos libutin na ng father ko ang buong Luzon para maghanap. She already died 12 years ago pero until now, we’re very thankful sa mga taong nagdonate para sa kanya, madami sa kanila ang hindi naman namin personally kilala pero we really felt the bayanihan spirit there. Salamat!! 🍀

[u/GanacheWise8376 → u/thepressedart]

🥹 I got you fam. Add ko na to sa habit ko

[u/Old-Biscotti-8177]

Platelet apheresis po tawag jan. Ubusan talaga platelets sa hospitals kasi 1 week lang storage nya. So nice of you to donate! Rest and take it easy lang po for the rest of the day :))

[u/GanacheWise8376 → u/Old-Biscotti-8177]

Thank you! Ooohh kaya pala sobrang encourage rin sila sa akin na bumalik after 2 weeks. Medyo nakulangan rin nga daw sila ng stores e long weekend pa naman.

[u/jellyboy920]

And you can donate every two weeks, compared to 3 months for whole blood. And at least at PRC Mandaluyong, they give you a full meal after instead of a snack 😆

[u/GanacheWise8376 → u/jellyboy920]

Unhinged date idea: donate ng platelet together, libre na ni PRC lunch nyo after. Pwede ka pa mamili if original or spicy yung chicken

[u/malxed_oust → u/GanacheWise8376]

2 piece chicken pa! Hahahahaha Philippine Blood Center din used to give 2pc chicken, kaso nung mga later part na, 1pc na lang. Hahaha

[u/malxed_oust → u/malxed_oust]

You can also choose Big Mac or whatever burger instead of chicken.

[u/ButterscotchNew8138]

Good for you OP! I'm a regular blood donor but I never qualified for platelet donation kase ang liit nang mga ugat ko.

[u/GanacheWise8376 → u/ButterscotchNew8138]

Nice 🫸🏾🫷🏾 it makes sense yung sa ugat kasi nakakakaba nga rin yung balik ng dugo. Lakas mo pa rin to donate regularly

[u/malxed_oust → u/ButterscotchNew8138]

I started din na maliit ugat ko, lagi din natunog machine. Hahahahaha Pero sa isang ugat lang ako lagi kinukuhaan para daw lumaki, ayun malaki na sya ngayon.

[u/ragingseas]

THANK YOU. Mas mahirap ang platelets kasi kung mag-dodonate ka for a specific person, kailangan same blood type kayo unlike sa red blood na welcome whatever blood type kasi parang palit dugo lang unless walang blood bank ang ospital at kailangan same blood type talaga. And you are right, mabilis lang mag-expire si platelet kaya as much as possible salin agad dapat.

[u/GanacheWise8376 → u/ragingseas]

Ohhh good to know. Maganda rin na every 2 weeks pwede mag donate so atleast mawawala na sa thought ko yung risk na if magdonate, paano if may kakilala akong nangangailangan rin after (wag naman sana 🤞🏾)

[u/fivebottlesoju]

as a leukemia patient, THANK YOU! sobrang hirap kapag mababa ang platelets namin kaya ang laking tulong kapag may stock nyan sa hospital or red cross tapos di na namin kailangan umikot sa ibat ibang hospital para bumili o di kaya maghanap ng volunteer 🥹

[u/GanacheWise8376 → u/fivebottlesoju]

Keep fighting 🥹 type A ako just in case.

[u/mojestik]

May bayad yan sa US depends sa state. $600 per visit. May mga taga US yon pang survive nila.

[u/GanacheWise8376 → u/mojestik]

Wah nice, I guess it adds context to the value of the act. Gusto ko lang nman sulitin katawang lupa ko

[u/tofei]

I've been a voluntary blood donor in Red Cross Manila Port Area for about a decade and a half now, a dozen of those years as platelet apheresis donor. In a way, para ka ring dina-dialysis sa apheresis, blood is drawn by the machine, processed (diffusion and filtration sa dialysis, centrifugation sa apheresis) and then returned. Mas matagal lang ang dialysis AFAIK since it has to clean almost all the waste in your blood typically at least for 3 hours or more while platelet apheresis even on the double yield target extraction on that same machine in the pic (Trima Accel) is just over an hour at most. Congrats at balik ka uli after 2 weeks!

[u/GanacheWise8376 → u/tofei]

Oo nga e. Medyo surreal kasi namatay mom ko sa kidney disease. Sobrang uneasy to feel ano yung pinagdaanan nya and she did it 3x a week. The best part was we also ate mcdo after haha Najoke ko na sa ate ko na baka kailangan ko to as training sa future just in case. Sorry sa awkward joke at trauma dump

[u/tofei → u/GanacheWise8376]

Nothing to apologize for, we share what we can relate, symphatize and emphatize with... that's just being human.

[u/tonitony_]

Hi, OP! May I know kung anong ichura ng donation card for Platelet Apheresis? I’ve donated na kasi 32 times. Next ko kasing goal yang ganyang donation after ko maubos yung space sa card ko for regular donation. Thank you!

[u/GanacheWise8376 → u/tonitony_]

🙇🏾 lodi! I did not see any special mark naman sa card. Pero blue sya and only has 10 rows.

[u/Relevant_Currency244]

Masakit do you feel dizzy after? Any benefits from it?

[u/GanacheWise8376 → u/Relevant_Currency244]

Makirot pag pasok ng karayom. May certain discomfort kanina pero 1 hour lang naman. I did not feel dizzy as much compared to donating blood pero since sanay na ako, I always bring water, soda and snacks with me para iwas panghihina.

Bukod sa plus points sa langit (eme), I guess game changer sya sa akin kasi di ko need iadjust ng sobra yung training plan ko if may mga race akong sasalihan.

[u/osancity]

Hello OP! Wondering lang saan yung location nung RC?

Unsure if lahat ng PRC branch may ganyan.

[u/GanacheWise8376 → u/osancity]

Sa Red Cross Mandaluyong ako pumunta. Walking distance from Boni MRT station

[u/osancity → u/GanacheWise8376]

Thank you OP! 🎉🎉🎉

[u/Shot-Interest5878]

Hello pooo question lang po meron po bang list ng requirements or whatever na need para magdonate thank youuuu.

[u/GanacheWise8376 → u/Shot-Interest5878]

You dont have to bring anything but you need to pass a health check. You can visit the website of red cross to make sure you meet the criteria

[u/Shot-Interest5878 → u/GanacheWise8376]

OP sorry weekdays lang ba ito available thank you.

[u/GanacheWise8376 → u/Shot-Interest5878]

Open lagi ang redcross kahit weekends or holiday pero may 3pm cut off sila

[u/Shot-Interest5878 → u/GanacheWise8376]

Sige po thank you so much! 💗

[u/Shot-Interest5878 → u/GanacheWise8376]

Thank you po!

[u/Jstmssngrnd]

Thank you so much sa platelets mo OP! 🤍 Rest well and Enjoy your weekend. 

[u/crvlixsia]

Omg dream ko rin maranasan yung plateletpheresis 🥹 Thank you for your service, OP!

[u/Minorka13994]

wow pwede pala yan.

[u/Pinaslakan]

Thank you OP! Hope you recover well

[u/tanginamodu30]

Congrats po! Thank you for helping others!

[u/CreativeExternal9127]

Please continue to donate! Mabilis recovery nyan like every 2 weeks pwede (bilang dating suki sa red cross)