It's always nice to have a little extra money to spend. However, this is not always an option for most families in today's current economy. One of the best and easy ways to make some extra cash fast, would be donating plasma at BioLife. It's super easy, fast, and good money.
When I was a kid, I had to get a lot of shots. It traumatized me into my teen years because I was deadly afraid of needles. I couldn't look at it before, during, or after the shot. I had to squeeze my eyes shut and try really hard not to think about the pain it was going to cause. This past summer when I turned 18, sorry for you minors reading this but you have to be 18 years of age or older to donate plasma, my sister Jill suggested that I donate plasma because she knew I needed money for college and whatnot. At first I was strongly against it because of my fear of needles. After a couple of months of keeping within a tight budget, I finally decided to schedule an appointment.
The first time you donate usually takes around three hours because you have to have a physical done with one of the nurses on staff to make sure you're in good healthy condition. On days you donate without a having a physical, it usually takes around an hour or so. Every time you go in you have to take a short questionnaire consisting of medical history within the past few months, medications, whether or not you feel healthy today, etc. Then you wait for a staff member to take your vitals, like your temperature, blood pressure, and this part of donating includes the very painful finger prick. If your vitals all check out, then you're directed to a certain section of the big room, or "floor" as they call it, to start the donation. They insert the needle in a vain in either one of your inner elbows then hook you up to a machine that takes the blood out of your vain. The machine takes the plasma out of your blood and then returns the blood back into your body once the plasma is removed. This is considered a cycle and you usually go through five or six cycles every time you donate.
If you have a busy schedule like me, it's hard to schedule a time to donate. You can donate twice in a seven day period and there must be one day in between the two donations. Thankfully their scheduling system is all online so they tell you what days you can and cannot donate. The only bad part about the actual donation is the finger prick, the needle being in your arm for 45 minutes, and the constant pumping of your hand to help with the blood withdrawal. Other than that, it's a pretty simple. Plus the money is great. You get twenty dollars the first donation of the week and thirty five the second. Here's a BioLife video that explains this concept. They also have specials every month that give you even more money for donating your plasma.
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