10 gallons

[tronnei]

Todd's keyboard wrote:
They stopped taking my blood in the late ‘90s. I had been living in France during the Mad Cow era in England. Your post reminds me to check and see if I am once again on the okay-to-donate list.

No, they still ask the questions about living in France (and the UK).

[testcase]

Congratulations! I'm somewhat over three gallons myself.

[cbelt3]

Congrats ! I wish I could donate ... Very rare blood type ... Except I go into shock after 2/3 of a bag. The Red Cross said " thank you, but please don't donate again." Then they call me every year and I tell them the same story. At some point I'll forget, go in , and they will have to run around and put it back after I splat.

[davester]

10 gallons! Did you feel a little dizzy after that?

[freeradical]

I'd like to donate, but I can't. The Red Cross says that I spent too much time in Europe during the "Mad Cow" disease scare. I check their website a few times a year to see if they've changed their restrictions on this, but they haven't.

[Ombligo]

I may be eligible this year, will have to check. Usually I am excluded due to having visited malarial zones. I didn't go this past summer - so maybe..

I gave a gallon by the time I was 19, but then started getting excluded and fell out of the habit.

[Michael]

I've never kept track but I give 1-2 times per year when they show up at our college. I've been here 33 years, so I'm probably at the 5-6 gallon level or so. I'll ask them next time.

[sekker]

Awesome!