Donating blood

smaj611 · #1 (**permalink**) 03-20-2007, 06:01 AM

I am donating blood on Friday. I have type 1 diabetes and will be 18 on thursday. Does anyone know what effect donating blood has on a diabetic? Will it change my blood sugar?

nneighbour · #2 (**permalink**) 03-20-2007, 06:11 AM

I would call your blood service first. In Canada insulin-dependant individuals can't donate.

smaj611 · #3 (**permalink**) 03-20-2007, 06:22 AM

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Originally Posted by nneighbour

I would call your blood service first. In Canada insulin-dependant individuals can't donate.

I already checked. I am able to donate as long as i have decent control.

Doug · #4 (**permalink**) 03-20-2007, 07:33 AM

I donate pretty regularly - thru the red cross
The process does nothing to my BG levels
I try to get a close to normal as I can before going in.

The snack table they sit you at afterwards, can be a challenge

Around here there is a private company called Carter Blood Care - they do corporate events - bring a donation bus to my work. I had a bad experience with them. I had a teenager who claimed she was a nurse turn me down because I mentioned the word neuropathy, she couldn't spell it, didn't know what it was, but was sure it excluded me... As a result I will never attempt to give through them...