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Give Blood?

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  • 24-09-2012 2:24pm
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    Peterx
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    It's the off-season and you're still as fit as a fiddle and have spare capacity blood now that your legs don't need it anymore and the poor liddle sick kiddies do.

    Maybe consider giving blood.

    It takes a month to fully recover the levels of the good stuff but only a day to refill the volume.


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    RayCun
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    If you can, give platelets.
    Doesn't (afaik) cause your iron levels to drop, you just need a day or two to recover blood volume.


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    Kurt Godel
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    Good call, this sort of piqued my interest, so I went to www.giveblood.ie and looked at their become a donor checklist. What a boring life I've led; never had a piercing, or had sex with anyone for money or drugs, or injected myself with steroids, or even had an exotic South American mother.

    Seriously though, (I've a race at the weekend); would giving blood today or tomorrow affect performance? Is it better to wait until after a race?


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    RayCun
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    Kurt Godel wrote: »
    Seriously though, (I've a race at the weekend); would giving blood today or tomorrow affect performance? Is it better to wait until after a race?

    Yes and yes.
    I'm always low for a couple of days after giving blood (platelets). Nothing major, but I feel it when training. Apparently it takes up to six weeks for iron levels to fully recover from a regular donation.

    Marathon talk interview on the subject


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    Peterx
    Registered Users Posts: 2,116 ✭✭✭Peterx


    Kurt Godel wrote: »
    Seriously though, (I've a race at the weekend); would giving blood today or tomorrow affect performance? Is it better to wait until after a race?

    Yes, dat's why it's for off-season.


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    Peterx
    Registered Users Posts: 2,116 ✭✭✭Peterx


    RayCun wrote: »
    Apparently it takes up to six weeks for iron levels to fully recover from a regular donation.

    Some Irish males have naturally high iron levels and an occasional blood letting is good for them, admittedly not too many....


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    Jnealon
    Registered Users Posts: 2,058 ✭✭✭Jnealon


    Platelets are a funny one, I ran the k-club 10k the day after giving platelets and I had a terrible race but I've often gone for a run after giving platelets in the morning and felt great.
    On my last visit the nurse asked me if I was doing the marathon, she said that you're asked not to donate for 2 weeks before or after the marathon.

    Haven't given blood in years but I've heard 4-6 weeks to get back to 100% after giving glood, platelets are a day or two


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    Slogger Jogger
    Registered Users Posts: 5,441 ✭✭✭Slogger Jogger


    Yep, give if you can. I'm an ex blood and plasma donor and now platelet donor. Painless process and doesn't really take anything out of you. When I started donating the application form used to be a hell of a lot simpler .. was pretty much sign here and go.:)


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    jimbo28
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    id like to try it................but only if i can have it back in time for the des hanlon;):D


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