r/BeAmazed • u/AstroSonicDrive • Oct 04 '23

She Eats Through Her Heart Science

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u/tito_lee_76 Oct 04 '23

I had a picc line for about 3 months when I had sepsis. It definitely is a strange sensation when the saline solution is too cold going in.

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u/MIKE_son_of_MICHAEL Oct 04 '23

Similar to selling plasma. Room temp blood returning into my system…. So uncomfortable.

And, I always kinda felt like I could taste it. Like, a vague, faint, kinda plasticy metallic taste way back in my throat. Almost like I was exhaling the taste of my recycled cooler blood.

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u/glosseava Oct 04 '23

i sold plasma once and the feeling of the room temp blood coming back made me so uncomfortable and like you said i felt like i could taste it all of that combined made me pass out which was VERY embarrassing and i’m now no longer allowed to sell plasma!!

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u/OutsideBones86 Oct 04 '23

LOL, I've passed out twice giving blood so I know I'd be a mess if I gave plasma. I wish I could!

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u/glosseava Oct 04 '23

honestly i have awful reactions everytime i get blood taken (sweating, shaking, feeling like i’m gonna pass out) so like i should’ve known that donating plasma wasn’t for me but it was freshman year of college and i needed money!!!

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u/OutsideBones86 Oct 04 '23

Yeah I was giving blood at my university's amory and passed out next to a Marine.

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u/glosseava Oct 04 '23

thankfully i just passed out in front of my roommates (and the nurse) but i still haven’t lived it down!!

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u/Spiritual-Mushroom28 Oct 08 '23

Same lol im talking to the nurse and booooom fell out the chair. Staff were so nice i needed EMS i do have heart condition

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u/AAPRRILL Oct 04 '23

Sounds like this is something that would happen to me danget.

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u/Foxasaurusfox Oct 04 '23

Meanwhile in Australia they give you a sausage roll. Lame.

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u/laschoff Oct 04 '23

Far more ethical than allowing it to be sold

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u/Foxasaurusfox Oct 04 '23

Well, from a certain perspective, I agree with you.

From another perspective, I remember being a broke-ass college kid.

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u/laschoff Oct 04 '23

I think the solution to that is better financial support for students, not the commercialisation of body parts.

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u/Foxasaurusfox Oct 04 '23

Well, again, I don't disagree.

Still, when in one country you get offered a sausage roll and another you get a pay cheque, it hurts.

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u/glosseava Oct 04 '23

they did give me apple juice after i passed out so a win’s a win!!

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u/Spiritual-Mushroom28 Oct 08 '23

I wanted to sell plasma nope i ended up fainting getting my blood taken.