Awesome People - Page 15

xoxoxoBruce · 10-05-2019, 10:48 PM

Awesome? I think so...

glatt · 10-06-2019, 07:49 AM

You can donate one unit of whole blood every 2 months. Or 6 times a year. It would take 167 years to donate 1000 units of whole blood.

Maybe he was donating smaller quantities, or platelets (which if I recall correctly you can donate every three days). The blood banks must have set up some sort of special collection procedure for him once his special blood was identified.

glatt · 10-06-2019, 07:57 AM

Ok. I looked him up. He was doing Plasma apheresis, which is actually a much bigger deal.

They hook you up to a machine that takes your blood and separates out the components they are collecting and returns the unwated blood components to your body. It takes 1-2 hours for one donation instead of the half an hour for a whole blood donation. And you can do it more frequently.

So this guy is truly amazing. 1000 donations that are more difficult than a typical whole blood donation.

Clodfobble · 10-06-2019, 04:52 PM

On a related tangent, there is currently a nationwide IVIG shortage, which is used to treat a variety of autoimmune diseases and is obtained by plasma donation. (In Mr. Harrison's case, they needed one particular rare antigen, whereas with generic IVIG they need a mix of everything found in a normal person.)

As for why there is a shortage, it's a combination of 1.) the huge spike in all autoimmune diseases and 2.) the increasing awareness and medical proof that IVIG treats the symptoms of all of them to some degree, despite being obscenely expensive and a hassle to administer. But the end result is that some plasma donation places are raising their reimbursement rates. Around here they pay $40 for every donation, plus a $50 bonus if you make the maximum of three donations in a week. A dedicated donor could pull in an extra $680 a month.

xoxoxoBruce · 10-06-2019, 09:08 PM

So $90 for three donations in a week. About two hours per would be $15 an hour and free snacks. Won't take mine though, have to make my money the old fashion way through prostitution.

Clodfobble · 10-07-2019, 06:20 AM

Heh. I've never been tested for suitability, but I've got enough official diagnoses on the books that I'm pretty sure they wouldn't want mine either.

Griff · 10-07-2019, 06:23 AM

My BiL is in the business. Sometimes they pay folk with a diagnosis extra $.

Gravdigr · 10-14-2019, 02:24 PM

OMG, Shay Bradley must have been an Awesome People™ when he was alive, because he was fucking awesome in death.

Make sure to watch the vid at the link.

Gravdigr · 10-23-2019, 04:19 PM

Badassery, on an Awesome People™ level.

Oorah, indeed.

DanaC · 12-05-2019, 04:20 PM

Gravdigr · 05-16-2020, 12:59 PM

SSgt Ronald Shurer, mentioned in this thread a couple pages back, died May 14.

Fuck cancer.

fargon · 05-16-2020, 02:40 PM

Fuck Cancer

DanaC · 07-10-2020, 03:45 PM

sexobon · 09-24-2020, 10:42 PM

Remember this one about Ronald J. Shurer?

This is about one of his cow-orkers...

John Wayne Walding

The full linked story is worth reading. Snippets below:

Quote:

This Green Beret had his leg shot off on a 'cursed' mission, but that didn't stop him from becoming an elite sniper

... so the team's medic, Staff Sgt. Ron Shurer, ...

... On April 6, 2008, a handful of troops with Operational Detachment Alpha 3336, 3rd Special Forces Group and a number of Afghan commandos flew into Shok Valley. It was the start of what Walding called "a very long day at the office." ...

... An Afghan interpreter had been killed, and two US soldiers, Staff Sgt. Dillon Behr and Staff Sgt. Luis Morales, were severely wounded. Supporting, Walding moved into position between them and the incoming fire. "That's when I got shot," he said.

An enemy sniper shot Walding in the leg, nearly tearing it from his body. "It was hanging on by like a tendon or two," Wallen said. "I've never seen an injury that looked that bad."

"I never will forget falling forward and then rolling over to see that leg just hanging there by only about an inch of flesh," Walding recalled. "It was the worst pain I've ever felt in my life."

Walding was not done fighting though. After putting a tourniquet in place to stop the bleeding, he used his boot laces to strap the bottom part of his leg to his thigh, picked up his rifle, and got back to it. ...

... Ten members of Walding's team, himself included, would later be awarded the Silver Star. Not since Vietnam had that many Silver Stars been awarded for a single engagement. And, two of the soldiers who were in Shok Valley later received the Medal of Honor for their courage under fire. ...

Diaphone Jim · 09-25-2020, 06:17 PM

sexobon:
Since World War Two, it would seem that America has trained a whole bunch of snipers to kill foreign people in their own homelands in wars that were never declared.
I don't think I like the idea very much.
Being the target of quite a few such attacks and losing close comrades to them complicates that feeling but doesn't change it.

I am pretty sure you will have a justification for us.

10-05-2019, 10:48 PM	#1
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Awesome? I think so... Attached Images __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

10-06-2019, 04:52 PM	#4
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	On a related tangent, there is currently a nationwide IVIG shortage, which is used to treat a variety of autoimmune diseases and is obtained by plasma donation. (In Mr. Harrison's case, they needed one particular rare antigen, whereas with generic IVIG they need a mix of everything found in a normal person.) As for why there is a shortage, it's a combination of 1.) the huge spike in all autoimmune diseases and 2.) the increasing awareness and medical proof that IVIG treats the symptoms of all of them to some degree, despite being obscenely expensive and a hassle to administer. But the end result is that some plasma donation places are raising their reimbursement rates. Around here they pay $40 for every donation, plus a $50 bonus if you make the maximum of three donations in a week. A dedicated donor could pull in an extra $680 a month. __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

10-06-2019, 09:08 PM	#5
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	So $90 for three donations in a week. About two hours per would be $15 an hour and free snacks. Won't take mine though, have to make my money the old fashion way through prostitution. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

10-07-2019, 06:20 AM	#6
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	Heh. I've never been tested for suitability, but I've got enough official diagnoses on the books that I'm pretty sure they wouldn't want mine either. __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

10-07-2019, 06:23 AM	#7
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	My BiL is in the business. Sometimes they pay folk with a diagnosis extra $. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

10-06-2019, 07:49 AM	#2
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	You can donate one unit of whole blood every 2 months. Or 6 times a year. It would take 167 years to donate 1000 units of whole blood. Maybe he was donating smaller quantities, or platelets (which if I recall correctly you can donate every three days). The blood banks must have set up some sort of special collection procedure for him once his special blood was identified.

10-06-2019, 07:57 AM	#3
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Ok. I looked him up. He was doing Plasma apheresis, which is actually a much bigger deal. They hook you up to a machine that takes your blood and separates out the components they are collecting and returns the unwated blood components to your body. It takes 1-2 hours for one donation instead of the half an hour for a whole blood donation. And you can do it more frequently. So this guy is truly amazing. 1000 donations that are more difficult than a typical whole blood donation.

10-14-2019, 02:24 PM	#8
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	OMG, Shay Bradley must have been an Awesome People™ when he was alive, because he was fucking awesome in death. Make sure to watch the vid at the link. __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

10-23-2019, 04:19 PM	#9
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	Awesome People - Bad Ass Edition Badassery, on an Awesome People™ level. Oorah, indeed. __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

05-16-2020, 12:59 PM	#11
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	SSgt Ronald Shurer, mentioned in this thread a couple pages back, died May 14. Fuck cancer. __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

05-16-2020, 02:40 PM	#12
fargon Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: La Crosse, WI Posts: 8,924	Fuck Cancer __________________ Annoy the ones that ignore you!!! I live a blessed life I Love my Country, I Fear the Government!!! Heavily medicated for the good of mankind.

09-25-2020, 06:17 PM	#15
Diaphone Jim Junior Master Dwellar Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Northern California Posts: 2,122	sexobon: Since World War Two, it would seem that America has trained a whole bunch of snipers to kill foreign people in their own homelands in wars that were never declared. I don't think I like the idea very much. Being the target of quite a few such attacks and losing close comrades to them complicates that feeling but doesn't change it. I am pretty sure you will have a justification for us.

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