re: Has anyone here donated plasma?

During the height of Covid the donation center in BR was paying $150.00 per donation. I went every week for several months. Did not feel my best after each donation. Not bad but a bit off for the rest of the day. The BioLife clinic on Coursey was very clean and the staff is generally pretty friendly.

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I don’t think I’ve ever been that hard up for $800 bucks

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I did it before. It’s a piece of cake, just time consuming.

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Con- it can be cold. Sometimes a line to donate. Donating can take up to 2 hours

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One time I smooth passed out. Out out. Woke up with orange juice dribbling down my chin! Must have been hilarious to watch.

I donated this past Christmas several times over the course of a few months. The BioLife Center off Coursey was great. It is a real mix bag of people, not just the stereotype.

I was initially offered $800 but never booked my first donation and after some time I got an email offering $1000. It basically broke down to $80 first appointment and $170 for the second for four weeks straight. After that first month I was getting $40 for first and $80 for second.

I always just took a book with me, laid in the bed, and read while I listened to music. Honestly some times getting my finger pricked to check my blood before donation was worse than the needle. But I did have 1 time where they struggled with the needle and cut my donation off early (I still got full payment). I just had to use my other arm for multiple appointments while the right arm's bruise faded away.

Overall it was a very positive experience but I am the type of person who enjoyed the free time those donations gave. From start to finish I was often there for 2 to 3 hours. So to me I looked at it as a part time job that paid me $20 an hour.

Selling plasma made me feel like a prostitute & a junkie more than anything I've ever done.

I used to periodically while in college. They paid $28.00 in the late 80s early 90s

I did on my college campus once. Drank a lot of water beforehand. Started chatting up this co-ed and we fell for each-other. It took so long though and with each passing minute I thought I was going to burst like a federally funded dam. Phlibootymist said I was done and I ran out of the bus to go drain my monitor lizard. I went back but she was gone. Sheila, baby, I still love you!

I’ve donated around 200 pts of blood, over the years, when I worked.

I’ve donated Platelets or Plasma. Mostly for friends at MD Anderson.

frick yess

Did a long time ago during a rough patch.

Got 50 bucks a visit for my first so many visits. Stopped going once the payout lowered. You waited forever with some...questionable people.

Heard that rare blood types paid more, which is where that $800 figure likely comes from.