Donating for DollarsFollow

Huh, I made this sound like a nifty charity event. It's actually just a question about donating plasma for money. Anyone do this? I've heard it's a decent way to make a bit of extra money, so long as you can deal with being jabbed by needles. Specifically:

1. How often can/do you donate?
2. How much do you receive?
3. Does your local buyer give cash or debit cards?
4. Anything else you can donate (*****/eggs depending on your respective fun parts)?
5. How long does the process take?

I keep meaning to donate blood for blood drives nearby, and then I remembered hearing that donating plasma for money is possible. Not to be a soulless capitalist, but if I'm going to get stuck with needles I'd take a Jackson over a cookie

I used to donate back in college.

1. You can donate twice in a 7 day period and there has to be a 2 day rest period in between each.
2. They paid depending on your weight. The more you weight the more they can take. I think at the place I went. Low end was $15/20 for first and second visit. I think I made $20/30. They also usually offer some extra money for new donors, say an extra $10 on your 5th donation. It just all depends on the place I believe.
3. Mine had an ATM where you input the code and you received cash.
4. Mine was just a plasma donation. I've never looked into other parts.
5. The procedure depends on you and how busy they are. For me 60-90 minutes was good. Usually it takes more than an hour. It also depends on how much you're donating and how busy they are. If there are a bunch of people in front of you it can easily take over 2 hours. Also it depends on how quickly you are running. If you have come prepared, drank lots of water, ate a decent meal before hand, etc... Then your blood could be pumping pretty quickly and therefore you much take less time on the machine.

There are some things that can go wrong. The place is really good about taking care of it. I once had a bad stick and received a decent sized hematoma which lasted almost a week and they had to use my opposite arm. I've seen people get dizzy and light headed. Never saw anyone throw up or have to be taken to the hospital.

I'm sure I can give you more information if you want. I donated twice a week for a few years. The place I went to was CSL Plasma.

This seems kind of backwards to me. You would think that they would take less blood from the heavier people to prevent medical issues such as passing out when trying to move. I know they aren't taking plasma to the point of anemia but still.

They return your red bloods cells every cycle. They pump out your blood into a centrifuge and separate the plasma from the blood. They then return your red blood cells with an anti coagulant solution to prevent blood clots. Plasma is pretty much water. So they are taking more water out of your system than anything. Which is why you need to hydrate yourself afterwards.

Something to keep in mind, at least this is what I know from when I worked at the ARC, I don't think they can use this for transfustions if it was paid for so it will most likely go to research. I may be VERY wrong about this but I remember something like this from my time there.

1. Do some research on ones in your area. Hopefully you have more than one, because there tends to be "shadier" places and less shady places. Not all of them have crackheads hanging around outside. All different types of people donate blood - and if you admit to IV drug use you won't be one of them - sounds like you probably have one that's nearby that's mostly frequented by college students. Go there.

2. $20/$30 is usually about right, maybe $20/25, but there usually is a bonus around the 5th time or so in a single month like someone said.

3. Lots of water. LOTS of water. Also, find out if your body handles better giving in the morning, or afternoon. Sometimes giving first thing in the morning will wipe you out for the rest of the day.

4. Pay attention to their hours. They change quite a bit, at least from my experience. (I've never personally donated, unfortunately just thinking about the process makes me dizzy)

It's a decent extra income, ~$50 for usually no more than 3hrs a week. Also, you are better off if you're conscious of drinking holidays and don't go donate when there are is an extra amount of people getting booze money. Just means you're in there a little bit longer.

As far as ***** and eggs go, you can make a decent amount (relatively) to donate *****, but there aren't ***** banks everywhere (the nearest one to me in in Minnesota) and you have to have a thoroughly clean genetic history, decent IQ, job, etc. I don't think they take many from college kids - it's a lot more appealing to get sperm from someone who is a full MD as opposed to "student in their second year at ABC University".

Eggs are a totally different story. You get shot up with hormones and then have surgery to harvest them. You get paid a pretty good chunk (I think maybe ~$5,000 for each harvest?), but that's a lot to put your body through on a regular basis. No jerking off in a cup for a few hundred dollars because you already make 6+ figures a year.

I did a couple stints of donations(4-5 donations each time before they would **** something up and I couldn't bring myself to go anymore). Part 1 has been answered multiple times and doesn't change, so I'll answer the rest based on my experiences.

2)The first 4 were on a rising scale. You started out getting like $10, then $15, $20 and $25, with something like a $10 bonus for that 4th one + a fat guy bonus on all but the first one. After that, I think it sat at $15 with the previously mentioned big person bonus.

3)Cash. At least they did back then.

4)Not at that place, it was Plasma Only, iirc.

5)On a good day, maybe an hour or so. More if you have a lobby wait time. Then, without fail, I always ended up having something go wrong on the fourth or fifth donation* which always caused me to have to spend a ton more time there.



*The first stint, the tech punctured all the way through the vein and had to switch arms, causing me another hour or so spent there and a lot of pain as he had to root around in the bad arm for a good vein. The second time the pump stopped and my blood coagulated in the tubing, which meant they had to replace the tubing and needle and try to get what they could of my red blood cells back in me. With my veins, which tend to be hard to hit properly, and my fear of needles, I could not bring myself to return for years after the first issue and haven't gone back since the second.

It's not so much bleed, it's if you lose a certain amount of blood, I believe it's >200ml. Just a drop doesn't matter.

That said, if the pump stops they aren't supposed to restart the donation.

If you are near a medical university (for some reason I thought you were in med school or pre-med) they also look for people to participate in research studies which can be some nice cash. In SC you can search by location http://scresearch.org/, not sure how other places work.

I recently wrote a case about informed consent so I have a new attitude towards research studies (hours of research to produce and wow I learned a lot). I had participated briefly in the past based upon what I could do. My kids recently made some nice money ($500 each over a period of 6 months) for a healthy volunteer study...

I find that selling kidneys of irritating former apartment neighbors on chinese organ ebay is the quickest way to make some ready cash, and the most fun! harder to do with house neighbors though.

It was as of a couple of months ago when I donated blood.

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