Selling plasma

[kaytieeldr]

I'm ashamed that anyone would consider giving plasma or donating blood "wrong" because they might have been compensated for it. My daughter works at a blood center, and as someone has already pointed out blood is donated (I do believe it is illegal in most states to pay for blood draws) but a plasma donor can be compensated. Goodness gracious, such acts save precious lives. If anything they should be paid more!

Nothing wrong with giving. Selling while calling it giving, not so much.

I don't think plasma donation is wrong. I just things it's a little creepy to remove the blood and put it back it with the plasma removed. It's things like that, which mess with the cellular structure and could cause changes that lead to later illnesses. The procedure hasn't been around long enough to really know the long term effect.

Nope. Plasma donation isultimately less affecting than blood donation. In most case, plasma regenerates itself in only 24 hours. Whole blod takes eight weeks.

I don't know about other states/areas but in NC you are donated for your time and trouble - it is not legal to sell "body parts" - you are technically donating the plasma and being compensated for time - of course, that's just a round about way of paying for it but that is the terminology used here.

That's a good gif, then. Typical plasma donation takes 90 minutes - so $20+ an hour.

To all the critics out there how often are you donating blood or plasma? It's desperately needed so until you are giving yours for no compensation then I think you should mind your own business.

Well, the ideal donors are males, and females who've never been pregnant - because of some substance in the blood of women who have been. So a good number of DISers might not be eligible. But you can donate - in all senses of the word - plasma in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Connecticut. There's one pay-to-play center in mid-Maine.

Yep, I am - because MOST people "donating" plasma don't have a medical background - they understand the word only in its common philanthropic connotation - hence you get the people comparing it to giving clothes to Goodwill and taking a tax donation upthread. In that context, you sell your plasma - there is nothing charitable about it - its capitalism. I certainly don't have an issue with that. But how many people who sell plasma would give it away if they weren't getting paid? From the empty stations at the Red Cross donation center every six weeks - not many.

Where's the "waving - me" emoji? Not quite what you're asking, since as far as i know Massachusetts donor centers have never compensated.

 

[mefordis]

Kudos to anyone donating plasma! People out there need it.

 

[Dakota731]

Get off your high horse. If you have a problem with it, don't donate plasma yourself. Don't shame other people who would do it.

I want say a thank you prayer to God if you've never needed money so badly that you had to donate plasma, and another prayer of thanksgiving that no one in your family has never needed blood or plasma and there was none there to give because people wouldn't donate.

 

[crisi]

I want say a thank you prayer to God if you've never needed money so badly that you had to donate plasma, and another prayer of thanksgiving that no one in your family has never needed blood or plasma and there was none there to give because people wouldn't donate.

I agree with this statement if the word donate is changed to sell. I DONATE my blood. I do get fruit snacks and juice. I give both my time, and my body parts. I AM very grateful that I do not need money so bad that I need to SELL my plasma (or be compensated for my time when doing so - a minor legal distiction), but about the only external thing I get from donating blood is the thanks for DONATING it. For people like me, the word means something. If you want whole blood from people like me so that when someone needs whole blood its there - don't belittle our charity - because its people like me - who donate rather than sell, that make whole blood available. I also have a rare blood type.

For anyone on this board using a plasma center to get to Disney, they are making a choice to sell plasma instead of donating blood - because you can't do both and they certainly don't need the money badly. Can't claim any huge charitable motivation there. I think its a great way to increase your Disney fund, don't get me wrong, It pays pretty well, you can do it on your own schedule, there isn't any sort of huge commitment, you sit in a chair and read a book or watch TV for two hours and someone pays you - and the end product does help a lot of people - but you aren't doing it out of charitable motivations.

 

[tasha99]

As mentioned above, the word "donate" has more than one meaning.

 

[Beezle2]

I agree with this statement if the word donate is changed to sell. I DONATE my blood. I do get fruit snacks and juice. I give both my time, and my body parts. I AM very grateful that I do not need money so bad that I need to SELL my plasma (or be compensated for my time when doing so - a minor legal distiction), but about the only external thing I get from donating blood is the thanks for DONATING it. For people like me, the word means something. If you want whole blood from people like me so that when someone needs whole blood its there - don't belittle our charity - because its people like me - who donate rather than sell, that make whole blood available. I also have a rare blood type.

For anyone on this board using a plasma center to get to Disney, they are making a choice to sell plasma instead of donating blood - because you can't do both and they certainly don't need the money badly. Can't claim any huge charitable motivation there. I think its a great way to increase your Disney fund, don't get me wrong, It pays pretty well, you can do it on your own schedule, there isn't any sort of huge commitment, you sit in a chair and read a book or watch TV for two hours and someone pays you - and the end product does help a lot of people - but you aren't doing it out of charitable motivations.

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I have posted here before that I am not hung up on the semantics of being called a donor. That is what the center calls us so it's good enough for me. Please don't presume what my motivations are though, I also don't HAVE to donate but do it because I see it as a win for everyone involved. Some people really seem invested in halo polishing

 

[baldy6060]

I HAVE "sunk to the level" of donating plasma. I have NOT sunk to the level of pretending to be better than anybody who has.

 

[Kbee]

Oh for crying out loud, donate, sell who freaking cares. If you don't agree with selling your plasma, don't take any stipend offered to you, what other people do really is none of your concern.

 

[queenbetsey]

holy smokes so much bashing. I don't see anything wrong here. why are folks so upset? seems like everyone comes out a winner here. op is not doing anything wrong and her efforts to add money to her Disney fund will help folks. lighten up folks.

 

[lauradis]

I HAVE "sunk to the level" of donating plasma. I have NOT sunk to the level of pretending to be better than anybody who has.

 

[lauradis]

holy smokes so much bashing. I don't see anything wrong here. why are folks so upset? seems like everyone comes out a winner here. op is not doing anything wrong and her efforts to add money to her Disney fund will help folks. lighten up folks.

This is normal dis board behavior, and Im guilty too. that is what makes it so entertaining.

 

[queenbetsey]

yeah I know we tend to bash each other here. just like a bunch of siblings I guess ºoº

 

[trip]

Donate = make a gift of
Sell = to exchange or deliver for money or its equivalent
Legal or not, there's something unethical about selling body parts - even those that regenerate.

What about egg donation? They are body parts and the donor gets paid a nice sum of money.

 

[minnie45]

I DON'T like needles! So, I'd have to really need the money to sell my plasma. But, If someone I knew needed my blood, I'd suck it up and let them take it....OUCH!

 

[Mabel67]

I can't help but wonder if the people so passionate about playing games with semantics would be as concerned about the motivations of the DONOR if it was themselves or their child/close family member that was the recipient of these essential products. Would you reject this life-saving product because the DONOR received a small renumeration for their time and calling it a donation doesn't fit with your high moral standards? I highly doubt it.

The fact is that the medical community which is in charge of blood and plasma products call the giver a DONOR, regardless of any compensation that may or may not be received. And as others have already pointed out, sperm and egg DONORS are also financially compensated.

 

[Flamingeaux]

I have been giving blood three times a year for over 20 years. I have lots of blood t-shirts and polo shirts. I can afford to go to Disney but I see no problem with me one day selling plasma to pay for part of my trip. Maybe one day I will but for now I don't.

 

[vaDisneyGuy]

My MIL had to go through Plasma treatments for cancer. So is doing much better now.

She asked everyone if they could do the 100 donations challenge.

That was about year and half ago and Im up to 58 times. All of the money has gone to buy Disney gift cards.

Its not shameful to donate plasma, I would have done it for free if all of my donations went directly to my mother in law.

I agree there is a huge need for plasma at hospitals across the country. I think it is fine if people want to sell their plasma.

 

[vaDisneyGuy]

I can't help but wonder if the people so passionate about playing games with semantics would be as concerned about the motivations of the DONOR if it was themselves or their child/close family member that was the recipient of these essential products. Would you reject this life-saving product because the DONOR received a small renumeration for their time and calling it a donation doesn't fit with your high moral standards? I highly doubt it.

The fact is that the medical community which is in charge of blood and plasma products call the giver a DONOR, regardless of any compensation that may or may not be received. And as others have already pointed out, sperm and egg DONORS are also financially compensated.

Not that I have done it but Sperm donars make good money donating

 

[Mabel67]

Not that I have done it but Sperm donars make good money donating

And I'm fairly certain that the recepients of the donations aren't concerned what they were thinking about while donating.

 

[baldy6060]

http://fox59.com/2015/06/09/this-mans-blood-has-saved-the-lives-of-two-million-babies/