11 thoughts on “June 3, 2024: Monday, I’m All High. Get Me Out Of FLA”
Going in to give platelets today. The last 3 (4?) times, my diagnostics came back with a false positive on the Hep B Surface Antigen test, which probably means they threw my platelets away.
I even went to my doctor after a couple of those and got tested (despite zero risk factors) to confirm that no, I don't have Hep B and never have had it.
I talked with the Vitalant office people. Guy kinda shrugged and said maybe I should stop donating. Rather than, you know, figure out what is wrong with their lab work. If I test positive again this time, I guess my 40+ years of donating blood will be coming to an end.
I am reading that "heterophilic antibodies" in the blood can interfere with the Hep B Surface Antigen test. Heterophilic antibodies are antibodies that are not strongly reactive against one specific target. Specifically, there are "anti-animal" heterophilic antibodies that can arise due to exposure to certain animals or animal products.
For the last year or so, I was taking twice-daily collagen supplements in the hopes that they would be helpful for my joints. Bovine. I stopped about six weeks ago when I ran out, and hadn't been confident that they had been making any difference.
So, 🤷
We shall see. It has been long enough since my last donation (and supplement dose) that any of those antibodies should have cleared. So, maybe?
Bloody thoughts:
Blood is the rose of mysterious union.
Jim Morrison
I dream dark dreams. I dream of a figure moving through the forest, of children flying from his path, of young women crying at his coming. I dream of snow and ice, of bare branches and moon-cast shadows. I dream of dancers floating in the air, stepping lightly even in death, and my own pain is but a faint echo of their suffering as I run. My blood is black on the snow, and the edges of the world are silvered with moonlight. I run into the darkness, and he is waiting. I dream in black and white, and I dream of him. I dream of Caleb, who does not exist, and I am afraid.
John Connolly
Though the doctors treated him, let his blood, and gave him medications to drink, he nevertheless recovered.
Leo Tolstoy
Looks like JJ will be passing to JJ a bit longer.
I know it seems like we could practically do a RIP nearly every day in the videos but we did miss Doug Ingle, the lead singer and organist of Iron Butterfly. He was the vocalist of In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida so that should count for something. Died on May 24. He was 78
Feels obligatory
Ah Jeez, and Spider John Koerner who is also a #localangle, died May 18th.
Immaculate Grid of 18 yesterday. That's pretty close to an all-time best for me. I probably could have used a couple more Twins.
I should have gone with Cuddy instead of Muncy, Bruno instead of Musial, Sir Rodney instead of Jackie, and Kirby instead of Hack.
And, shit. Harmon had 3 appearances at 2b in his career (all in his age-18 season).
Going in to give platelets today. The last 3 (4?) times, my diagnostics came back with a false positive on the Hep B Surface Antigen test, which probably means they threw my platelets away.
I even went to my doctor after a couple of those and got tested (despite zero risk factors) to confirm that no, I don't have Hep B and never have had it.
I talked with the Vitalant office people. Guy kinda shrugged and said maybe I should stop donating. Rather than, you know, figure out what is wrong with their lab work. If I test positive again this time, I guess my 40+ years of donating blood will be coming to an end.
I am reading that "heterophilic antibodies" in the blood can interfere with the Hep B Surface Antigen test. Heterophilic antibodies are antibodies that are not strongly reactive against one specific target. Specifically, there are "anti-animal" heterophilic antibodies that can arise due to exposure to certain animals or animal products.
For the last year or so, I was taking twice-daily collagen supplements in the hopes that they would be helpful for my joints. Bovine. I stopped about six weeks ago when I ran out, and hadn't been confident that they had been making any difference.
So, 🤷
We shall see. It has been long enough since my last donation (and supplement dose) that any of those antibodies should have cleared. So, maybe?
Bloody thoughts:
Jim Morrison
John Connolly
Leo Tolstoy
Looks like JJ will be passing to JJ a bit longer.
I know it seems like we could practically do a RIP nearly every day in the videos but we did miss Doug Ingle, the lead singer and organist of Iron Butterfly. He was the vocalist of In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida so that should count for something. Died on May 24. He was 78
Feels obligatory
Ah Jeez, and Spider John Koerner who is also a #localangle, died May 18th.
Immaculate Grid of 18 yesterday. That's pretty close to an all-time best for me. I probably could have used a couple more Twins.
I should have gone with Cuddy instead of Muncy, Bruno instead of Musial, Sir Rodney instead of Jackie, and Kirby instead of Hack.
And, shit. Harmon had 3 appearances at 2b in his career (all in his age-18 season).
Dozier
Naz Read.
