Good Monday morning all.
When I donate blood and they do the iron test with a drop of blood in the blue liquid, it sinks to the bottom right away. Then the blood institute had a positive pop up on my blood to Chagas disease. WFT, they tested it again, and it was negative for Chagas, but one false positive is enough to put me off the donation list. There has never been a case of Chagas acquired in Oklahoma, ever. They know I was free of it for years of donations.
Just this year I participated in a scientific research study about Chagas. Since I have lived in this house for over 20 years they even tested my next door neighbor as part of the study. We went down to the Dr.s office doing the study, and they drew a small vial of blood and had the CDC do a definitive test, twice, a month apart. They confirmed I am not positive for Chagas and disease free. They still will not accept my blood because I was once had a positive on the test. They do a ton of tests on blood donations. I always thought of it as a free health check.
If they still don't want my blood, I won't give em any! I donated just over 5 gallons of the years.