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| 2164.1 | Need those cells. | NOVA::FISHER | Rdb/VMS Dinosaur | Mon Jan 13 1992 07:30 | 5 |
| Absolutely. Less O2 transference capability, f'rinstance.
You'll get over it though and be ready for a century Wednesday evening.
ed
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| 2164.2 | | SHALOT::ELLIS | John Lee Ellis - assembly required | Mon Jan 13 1992 07:34 | 6 |
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RE: "century Wednesday evening"
Sounds like a challenge to me! I'll bring my Neoprene booties.
-j
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| 2164.3 | Short of breath | MVSX00::MVSX02::GISLER | i wish i hade mory energy or less ambition | Mon Jan 13 1992 11:13 | 10 |
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Yes, I made about the same experience (not in a race, just for
work-outs).
About the two weeks following of my blood donation I was out of
breath much quicker than usualy. In a blood donation you give some
thing like 5 purcent of your blood. If that means 5 purcent less
oxigene transfer I'm sure you can feel it. Recovery is quiet good.
Norbert
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| 2164.4 | 1/8 = 12.5% | NOVA::FISHER | Rdb/VMS Dinosaur | Mon Jan 13 1992 13:44 | 4 |
| It's closer to 12.5 percent of your blood because the avg human has 8
pints and the standard donation is 1 pint.
ed
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| 2164.5 | | SHALOT::ELLIS | John Lee Ellis - assembly required | Mon Jan 13 1992 14:21 | 7 |
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Ok, I can see where 12�% could take the edge off those sprints. :-)
Good explanation. I feel almost back up to snuff now, by the way,
but yesterday was still craving pizza or *something* restorative.
-john
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| 2164.6 | | LJOHUB::CRITZ | | Mon Jan 13 1992 14:41 | 4 |
| But, Ed, you know John's not your average human. Human,
yes, average, no.
scott
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| 2164.7 | could have also caused dehydration? | NOVA::FISHER | Rdb/VMS Dinosaur | Tue Jan 14 1992 05:42 | 3 |
| yeah, he probably only has 7 pints.
ed
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| 2164.8 | | DANGER::JBELL | Zeno was almost here | Tue Jan 14 1992 15:43 | 5 |
| According to the workers at large blood drives, the amount of
juice that they give to donors almost exactly matches the
amount of blood donated.
-Jeff Bell
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| 2164.9 | Then it takes time for a pt of water to become "blood products" | NOVA::FISHER | Rdb/VMS Dinosaur | Wed Jan 15 1992 06:17 | 9 |
| re:.8: Bunk! Whenever I have given blood, noone has ever checked the
amount of liquid I consumed before leaving. They may average 1 pint
per donor but they do not verify that they give anyone any amount
of liquid.
They do try to assure that you sit down for at least 15 minutes and
eat/drink something and, as a biker, I've never failed to do that.
ed
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| 2164.10 | | DANGER::JBELL | Zeno was almost here | Wed Jan 15 1992 09:56 | 16 |
| > re:.8: Bunk! Whenever I have given blood, noone has ever checked the
> amount of liquid I consumed before leaving. They may average 1 pint
> per donor but they do not verify that they give anyone any amount
> of liquid.
They didn't force the people to drink a measured amount.
I'm sorry if my note in .8 was misleading.
What I meant to say is that when donors were allowed to drink
as much as they felt like drinking, the average amount of drink
consumed is real close the the volume of blood donated.
I don't know whether it's a homeostasis thing, or if it's
just a statistical coincedence. Maybe everybody drinks two 8oz cups.
-Jeff Bell
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| 2164.11 | Are you a Blood Dope ;-) | NEMAIL::DELORIEA | I've got better things to do. | Thu Jan 16 1992 11:41 | 25 |
| In the Bicycling Mag's Health Q+A
Q.
"Now that you've got me worried. In a recent issue
you said it takes 6 weeks to recover from a blood
donation. As an avid runner and cyclistwho has donated
every 8-10 weeks for the last 10 years, I'm afraid I may
be hurtin my performance. I take 1-2 days off from
exercisingafter a donation. Would I perform better if
I stopped giving blood altogether?
A.
Complete recovery from a blood donation does take about
6 weeks. This is why you can't donate blood more often.
However, most of the recovery occurs within the first 2
weeks. After this, only top atheletes will notice any
reduction in performance.
It won't do any harm to keep donating and exercising.
However, if you're planning on competitive activity,
give blood after rather than before.
David L. Smith M.D.
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