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Jul 2020
9:17am, 17 Jul 2020
39,014 posts
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LindsD
Good news.
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Jul 2020
1:22pm, 17 Jul 2020
223 posts
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ftrobbie
Cracking news
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Jul 2020
3:11pm, 20 Jul 2020
6,769 posts
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sallykate
Hooray! A successful donation today. Last time my Hb was 124 and the time before that they cocked up putting the needle in so it was unsuccessful.
Today I didn't need even my Hb checked on the machine. Five minutes on the nose; cheese and onion crisps and plenty of water afterwards.
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Jul 2020
3:23pm, 20 Jul 2020
249 posts
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SooWoo
Need to wait a few more months.... trip to Thailand last year means no donation for a year
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Jul 2020
4:45pm, 20 Jul 2020
39,064 posts
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LindsD
Good news sk!
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Aug 2020
11:09am, 2 Aug 2020
10,955 posts
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geordiegirl
As someone who regularly gets sent packing from the donation attempt due to low iron I managed for I think the first time my blood sank straight away.
I have now given 16 donations and last year I donated shortly after one marathon and in the build up to my next. I was advised against it as it could have affected my race but figured giving blood was more important so did. By time I’d done the 2nd marathon I was exhausted and had to take some time out.
I gave blood on Wednesday after last years experience I took Thursday off, Fridays run wasn’t too bad I took it steady but yesterday and today has been terrible I almost turned round after a 1/2mile. Is it normal to feel like this? I can’t say I’ve ever noticed it before. TIA
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Aug 2020
11:17am, 2 Aug 2020
10,957 posts
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geordiegirl
Just been looking at Garmin stats and my body battery is really low and stress markers are high. I normally have a resting HR of late 40-early 50’s but it’s being mid 60’s since the donation.
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Aug 2020
11:25am, 2 Aug 2020
17,439 posts
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Gooner
I usually have performances a bit below par for 3-4 days afterwards and then it gradually picks back up and after about 10 days I am as I was before the donation but it can be different for everybody and if your iron count is usually low, maybe you just take a little longer to get back to normal?
A good excuse to have a little recovery week.
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Aug 2020
11:28am, 2 Aug 2020
47,812 posts
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Velociraptor
GG, yes! A bad run could be co-incidence - they can happen for no obvious reason - but a bad run four days after a blood donation could be due to the donation. Remember also that a blood donation is a 600-ish calorie hit. If you're currently trying to lose weight, skimping on food in addition to taking a 600-calorie hit is likely to have a bit of an impact.
(Four days after a blood donation, I expect a slower pace for perceived effort/heart rate but it would be unusual to have a real bummer that I couldn't retrieve. I had one of those
struggling runs a couple of days ago despite being as close to my next donation as my last one.)
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Aug 2020
1:15pm, 2 Aug 2020
6,442 posts
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Fragile Do Not Bend
It makes sense that your heart rate is going to be a bit higher after a donation, you have fewer red blood cells so they have to be sent round a bit quicker to get the same amount of oxygen to your body.
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donating blood
Aug 2021