Re: Fisting and Potassium

The blood bank will not even talk to me after I say RA. They say
they are *not* allowed to accept donations from me. Must be that
local "rules" thing. GAH~

That is the ONLY reason (local "rules") to disqualify a donor with
RA or any other form of arthritis, since the FDA dropped arthritis
from its ineligible list in the late 90's.

In 1999, I had read about the annual football team's blood drive,
with souvenier T-shirts, so I logged onto the blood bank's web to
see what had changed since being disqualified in 1984.

Lo and behold, no form of arthritis was on the list of reasons to
turn down a prospective donor.

This particular annual event has become so popular that what was
once a 60 to 90 minute wait/procedure was a 3-hour wait in 2007.


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