re organ donation and transplantation fact sheet in article apr lmpsbbs comm mot com dougb ecs comm mot com writes my wife cannot donate blood because she has been to a malarial region in the past three years in fact she tried to have her bone marrow typed and they wouldn t even do that why the fda i believe rules say no blood or blood products donations from anyone who has been in a malarial area for years i was a platelet donor until my thailand trip and my blood bank was very disappointed to find out they couldn t use me for years when the secretary of state asked me if i wanted to donate my organs i said no because i figured that no one would want them given my history was i correct not necessarily the same rules may not apply to organ donation as to blood donation in fact i m sure they don t gordon banks n jxp skepticism is the chastity of the intellect and geb cadre dsl pitt edu it is shameful to surrender it too soon
