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I need help. I'm in the hospital and they say I need a blood transfusion. I just told them no unless I can use my friend. They say by tomorrow afternoon I will be critically low to the point of organs shutting down. Im Unvaxed and want to stay that way but I don't want to die either. Does anyone know anything that can help me? Please.
if your friend cannot be the donor, but hopefully this friend will be accepted, ask the doc are you getting 1) red blood cells (RBCs) & platelets? RBCs do not have a nucleus, no nuclear DNA ( and almost no RNA). After weeks a recovered spleen/liver replaces the donated RBCs with your own. Platelets do not have a nucleus, they have small amounts of RNA/proteins relevant to clotting. AI: they should not be a mechanism for permanent change.
Just like water has a memory in a theory I cannot explain but I believe, so the concern about the blood donors is understandable. So I asked AI about Plasma:
Plasma (the liquid part + proteins & antibodies) will not replace your own antibodies system so you would not lose your own first line of defense against cancers. You would be safe. Antibodies do not replicate & over weeks your body would clear them out. The proteins (albumins & antibodies) would take a few weeks to clear, but your body in a day or two would replace the volume of liquid portion of the donated plasma.
not a doctor and not a scientist, but asked AI for these details for your consideration
are you in an area where there is a City of Hope hospital? I have donated blood for a classmate who needed it years ago, City of Hope facilitated getting clean blood donors, this was way before coronavirus-19, I believe they still have this honest blood donor system.
Can your friend do a quick neighborhood post need 10 to 15 unvaxxed people to donate blood? Will the docs do a UV-C ultraviolet exposure, 5 to 7% of blood exposure to ultraviolet light is one thought.
prayers for you.
Your Knowledge is admirable.
thanks, a friend who was qualified for being a surgeon’s assistant got me into research, sadly had to split from the friendship, but hopefully can be restored____. hoping for Anon’s recovery
Thank you so much for this information. I have only a few hours left to make this decision. At least now I can have a better conversation with my doctor.
you face a tough predicament, if you have not received the transfusion, you are respected for honorable principles, for the friend you mentioned, for being a veteran, and participation at GAW, being part of the team for caring to awaken others across the world
Thank you. Only a true Fren such as yourself understands.
All along when I asked about providing my own donor if there was a process I needed to take I was told if I could get my donor here asap it wouldn't be a problem. Now all of a sudden there is paperwork, protocols, and procedures that must be followed to the tune about a week to ten days before I could actually receive the blood.
My doctor said I needed the transfusion yesterday. I put him off hoping to come up with a better solution but I'm down to the wire of what they say is my organs beginning to fail