Is Anyone Donating Platelets To The Red Cross? How About Doing Platelete Pherisis?(sp?) If So, Will You Share Your Experience?
Thank you for your answers! Unfortunately, I have not gotten into an MPN specialist yet. My numbers are in the millions so we have all been brain storming ways to get them down quickly. I was hoping since I have so many it would bless someone else! I definitely would not want to bring harm.
I was told that we cannot donate any organs or blood with our MPNs. I also was told that they do not do platelet pheresis because the body will work to replace them and possibly raise our platelet levels even more than they were. I am only stating what I have been told, and I am not even close to being knowledgeable about this, just what I have learned.
Dear Patty2,
You cannot give the gene mutation causing your MPN via blood donations.
If you were to donate bone marrow, that would be a different story, but you would be thoroughly screened before, so that would not happen anyway.
You are very thoughtful about other people's safety. That matters.
Hugs,
Tatiana
I asked if I could donate anything, even after a transplant and was told NO.
I was also told absolutely not.
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