I miss donating platelets

Post date: 2019-07-18 05:49:38

What, if anything more can be done to help make the veins in my arms bigger and stronger? I ask because the machines used in my area for platelet donation have changed from a two arm system to a one arm system.

The old system was great for me. I want to find a way to make the new system work too.

I take a daily vitamin. Since the last time I gave whole blood (no problems there!!) I've begun taking BodyPump classes at the gym 3x a week for a few months. I always go in to the blood center hydrated and well fed and since the machines changed, the techs look at my arms and say not platelets today. They want my platelets. I want to give them. Nobody wants me to get hurt in the process.

Giving whole blood is great, I'll get back on the regular schedule to do that as often as possible and keep doing it, but I'd vastly prefer to be giving platelets now that my iron levels are good again.

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