Every drop (and letter) counts.
October 29, 2011
我到底看到了什么？
想知道？ 就继续的看下去＝）
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收到了！！！！！！＝）
Btw, a few have commented on my FB fanpage about the confusion between donating blood and platelets etc.. I read up on some information from HSA Bloodbank Booklet and i will try and attempt to explain simply.
Basically, in our blood, there are different blood cells and these include red cells and platelets. They all have different functions. When we donate blood, each blood pack (of standard volume) will be processed into red blood cells, platelets and fresh frozen plasma.
Red blood cells are used to replace blood loss from accident or surgery etc; whereas platelets are essential for blood to clot and especially needed by cancer patients especially those with leukemia( which Boon Chong is suffering from) as they require frequent platelet transfusions to prevent life-threatening bleeding.
Healthy people have tremendous reserve of platelets and the apheresis procedure( where only platelets are removed from our blood and donated) can collect a larger number of platelets compared to whole blood donations. The procedure will take 60-90mins and it is mentioned that for this procedure, one must be at least 50kg and 18 years old and above.
No mention about needing to be at least a 2nd time blood donor to do this but my suggestion would be if you are a first-time blood donor, go ahead and try donating blood if that is what you are comfortable with. (of course, if you need parental consent, get it!); don’t be deterred by all the extra information. However, if any one of you are interested in helping Boon Chong and other cancer patients even more directly and quickly, you can acquire more information online or ask the people in charge at Health Sciences Authority(HSA) for more information on platelets donation.
Hope the above explanation helps! =)
I feel that as long as our bodies are healthy enough to undergo blood donation, being a regular blood-donor will definitely help a lot of patients who are in constant need of blood transfusions.
I feel like I’m having a bio lesson here abt e diff between blood and platelets =p really hope that enough platelets have be collected and tt ur fren would recover soon (: sorry I couldn’t help this time due to objection fr my parents
wah, a lovely subject heading
i think i see my letter in your pic!! i know you read it, but just wasn’t sure if you managed to receive it…either cos of wrong kind of stamp or what…and it’s probably my first posted letter since writing in to MediaCorp (to you, of course!).
but don’t quite get that last column (is that what you call it?) in your comic strip…what’s that thing (so big) you put in your mouth? i think we’re on different frequencies
i also think with you taking the lead to donate blood, it will encourage lots of people to do the same
Thank goodness my letter reached safely! Hahaha was thinking how many stamps I was supposed to put. A bit new to the whole idea of snail mail.
Yes, if we are healthy ourselves we should really try to help others. Who knows whether we might need help ourselves some day too? Really wanted to go down to help your friend ytd but I couldnt): will do so in the coming week! And remember that we must be healthy before we can donate blood(free from flu or fever or cough) if not we might just spread our virus.
Wow what’s the thing you ate biting!! Looks like a mango heh:D
Gain knowledge and understand better:) went down yesterday, however could not help out. I hope others can help him. Will pray that he get well soon. Send our my pending letter yesterday:) will arrive in your hand soon:) thank for giving us another platform to communicate with u. Technology have somehow restrict us from writting letter. But somehow I find communciating through letter is good as I am able to pen down my thought personally
take care and Jia you .
what! blood and more blood.
Thanks for the precious biology lesson by ms chin (: it really nice of you explaining to the rest .
I zoom in the photo and I see a burger! The fake one as present right? Anw I dropped mine yesterday only , after reminding myself for so may days. Hope you will receive it soon (:
And your fringe grow long le, now look like a cute lil Barbie doll! Can I have a warm hug? awww !
Hahaha (:
wah! reminds me of my sec sch days where i’ve bio!! lol~
hello teacher chin
am not really gd at sci!
thanks for 传授ing blood knowledge to us!!
now feel more 了解 about blood and platelets
对不起帮不到你的朋友因为我太远了。。。hope he will be alright and recover asap (:
wonder my letter will take how long to reach sg ^^ hope it don’t get lost on e way there ;(
haha
e thing u are eating looks SO HUGE! 吃了一定很饱
to huisi.. if you afraid letter lost… can send by registered mail….
platelets is for blood clotting right??
OH OH I KNOW WHAT’S THAT MANGO-LIKE THING!! The burger from your party!!! Hahahah omg im so slow.
yeah.. can see that some people haven send mails for long.. there is once i saw got pple in singpost ask me how much local stamp.. they thought was 23 cents.. right now post office change a lot… a lot services… if like got important mails want reach by 11am, can use am mail… 2.60
MINE STILL NO WHERE AT SIGHT YET!! D: sigh.
Wow you should consider studying biology too, Hahaha. Let’s hope more good samaritans get their way in for lending a helping hand. Pray.