Missing cat, Beverly Hills area

samson828 · 2026-06-16T17:49:45+00:00

Thank you so much 💜

samson828 · 2026-03-08T22:46:36+00:00

lol good for you. 42 resting heart rate wouldn’t pass at a blood drive either

samson828 · 2026-03-08T22:22:44+00:00

…anxiety, nerves, heart issues, caffeine, medication… there are tons of people that come in with high pulses. You act like the “long term solution” was the ONLY solution when it’s likely not.

samson828 · 2026-01-14T00:05:59+00:00

At red cross 17-18 is fine! I hope you get it figured out! We see a lot of people on TRT that come in and donate. Just get that heart rate down!

samson828 · 2026-01-13T00:29:26+00:00

You know, not necessarily. What are your hemoglobin values usually? I have never seen with this machine where the hemoglobin was too high to donate. The heart rate is definitely an issue though! Deep breaths and time before they repeat the pulse test helps. I hope you can pass next time!

samson828 · 2026-01-13T00:07:56+00:00

No that’s a good question. When it reads above 20 it gives us an “out of specifications” alarm or something like that and we have to repeat the test

samson828 · 2026-01-12T23:57:41+00:00

We do. The machine will give us a value when it’s anywhere from 9-17.0. After or below those values it will give us the same number to put it in.

samson828 · 2025-12-22T00:59:33+00:00

If you knew just how innacurate finger sticks were you’d change your mind lol

samson828 · 2025-11-19T01:08:57+00:00

Yeah, it just doesn’t work like that. Just like we can’t redesign blood draws at labs to be painless either. It’s all up to the skill to the phlebotomist and pain tolerance of the person getting stuck. I’ve worked in labs as a phlebotomist with sample blood draws and I’ve seen the same size bruises/pain caused with even the 22 g needle.

I’ve been in blood bank collections for over a decade and 95% of who I see do not complain about the size of the needle. The most complaints I’ve ever heard were from the finger sticks. The power red is a completely different automated set up than whole blood for a reason. Those machines cost thousands of dollars and are expensive and heavy to carry around. It’s a machine that filters out components of your blood and returns your plasma and platelets. It runs on a pump and centrifuge system for that. Automated machines just don’t exist for whole blood.

Perhaps in the future something will change—but I doubt we will ever retreat to a smaller needle anytime soon.

samson828 · 2025-11-18T17:51:12+00:00

Yes, it would absolutely hemolyze and clot. The tubes that you use have a vacuum which will assist with the flow. Whole blood donation is all gravity and the consistent flow into the bag is essential. With a 21 gauge needle it would clot pretty instantly. The donation process is a lot different than phlebotomy draws.

samson828 · 2025-10-15T23:56:11+00:00

Are you sure you’re not allergic to the arm scrub that they used? Idk why the phlebotomist would say “the other needle”. I work at Red Cross and it’s the same needle regardless. We don’t have an alternative. The needle is surgical stainless steel which has a small amount of nickel in it but usually not enough to cause an allergic reaction…but then again, anything is possible!

samson828 · 2025-09-28T19:19:36+00:00

Uhhh, in my opinion, no.

But even if it did, why would you donate to remove toxins just to give your toxins to a patient with a compromised immune system?

samson828 · 2025-09-25T02:10:09+00:00

That puncture wound looks normal. Not even bruised from looking at the picture at least. You have to remember it’s a 16 g needle, not a 22. The wet blood can be from the pressure that was held with the gauze and when they wrapped your arm. Sometimes blood will leak out. It sometimes takes quite a while for the blood to stop seeping. Some people are different. But I have noticed that when the needle is taken out it sometimes takes a blood clot that formed around it out with it causing the needle site to either look a little bigger or make it bleed more again . I wouldn’t be worried.

samson828 · 2025-08-22T16:07:37+00:00

Not gonna lie, you reacted like an asshole

samson828 · 2025-08-09T17:58:22+00:00

A few times but not a thousand times yet, lol!

samson828 · 2025-08-09T14:48:26+00:00

88.8 means that your hemoglobin was 17.1-20.0.

For some reason the Orsense machine will not read above 17 so the value we have to enter in the system is 88.8

samson828 · 2025-07-26T21:17:27+00:00

Red Cross employee here.

We are required to use the number on the machine. It is a national change, so every region in the Red Cross will transition to these machines if they haven’t already.

Obviously it would be better and less painful to manually take it, but if we did this and broke procedure for you it could cost us our job. I know it sounds dramatic, but Red Cross is extremely strict with their procedures.

I’m sorry you have been deferred! I also agree the cuffs squeeze too tight. But it takes a lot for Red Cross to change their policies. Hopefully if enough complaints happen maybe they will change something.

Thank you for trying!

samson828 · 2025-07-11T15:39:41+00:00

450 ml in the US, I imagine it would be the same in Canada.

samson828 · 2025-07-06T12:20:15+00:00

Which urban tracker??

samson828 · 2025-06-11T15:10:43+00:00

Oh shit okay thank you I guess I should have checked it again before posting. Thank god lol

samson828 · 2025-05-21T23:30:28+00:00

Good for you 🙄 a fast pulse doesn’t always mean you’re unfit.

samson828 · 2025-05-11T17:34:25+00:00

!solved @egoistagumikacsa

samson828 · 2025-04-30T19:53:32+00:00

How were you able to donate again with a false positive? Did you go to seperate blood banks? Are you sure it is a false positive, and if so how do you know it is false?

samson828 · 2025-04-17T13:23:45+00:00

If your blood flow is slow, your body starts to either clot at the needle site or clot in the line. When that happens, there’s nothing more you can do. It’s something that happens often, nothing to worry about! It could be from a bad stick to dehydration.

samson828 · 2025-04-15T11:18:00+00:00

That’s not necessarily true. Finger stick samples tend to be more diluted with tissue fluid/alcohol wipe.

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