Has anyone donated plasma? if so how did it go? and do you get paid?

[Anonymous]

I’ve been thinking about doing it to help others and to have some extra income at the moment. But nervous to do it.

[MORPHEUS_12]

I have looked into but chickened out. You have to go through a medical exam and you have to sit in the chair for 1½ hours for the plasma to be drawn. Most do not pay you until your second or third donation. Also they do not pay you in cash but by a MasterCard that is loaded with your pay. Another thing is these donation sites use what they call large bore IV needles. Repeated donations will cause scar tissue to form on the veins in the bend of the arm. When scar tissue forms subsequent punctures for basic blood work will cause pain. You can donate and once they process it if they find anything wrong with the donation they can reject it. Think on it and research through the website of the local plasma clinics near you. Best wishes.

[jennifer_bloom]

I tried but due to a medical condition I reported as a child, I was not allowed to donate blood. They do not pay you as far as I know.

[gracieb612]

Yes you get paid. And it depends on who you are. It depends on how much blood you have and how fast is flows