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Lori,
Thank you for the info. I read a little on the study, but as I am reading I am thinking this is another way to help myself and others in the future. You have written the simple fact it will be helpful. I never read volumes on my original chemos for cancer. I did not have many of the side effects. I will take this a day at a time again. A procedure pill or the effects of.
I know at the Red Cross if you have Hodgkins lymphoma, chronic or leukemia you can never donate again. I was looking at my app yesterday as a way to see what I had donated already. 634 platelet donations. I looked at my platelet numbers of 333, by blood pressure and number of visits.
I realized without the choice, I changed my Red Cross family to a COH family. What I thought would get me back to the RC after breast cancer, actually shot me off in another direction. And all of it is about blood. Blood donation in college, and platelets for the last 25 years.
I will sign the forms and email back today. Thank you for responding today.

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You’ve done a great service over your lifetime for the Red Cross and hundreds of people who benefited from your contributions! That’s amazing! It’s ok to take care of yourself now and look for other ways to pay it forward. ☺️

I think you’re feeling the same way I do, by participating in studies it ultimately helps people way beyond our personal orbit! So thank you for doing that! You may be asked to do more as time goes on. I was in a psychological study as well as studies for latent viruses and a couple others that I can’t recall. But it felt good to be part of those statistics.