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Chabrittson
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9 years ago

Cannot Give Blood anymore for 5 years post treatment....

Hi bosssum buddies, I rang the blood bank today to let them know of my recent breast cancer diagnosis and radiation treatment and hoping to make an appointment. I thought there would be some sort o...
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melclarity
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9 years ago
@Chabrittson Yes you are completely right, in fact it doesnt even matter whether youve been treated or not, with rads or chemo, they generally say from any type of Cancer Diagnosis its 5yrs clear before being able to donate. I first heard of this over 10yrs ago when a friend was going through skin cancer in her 30's. Melinda xo