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06-15-2010, 08:03 PM | #1 | |||
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I found the butterfly's but anyone know where the tubes can be had?
I want to draw my own and spin it to visually see red/white/fat/plasma ratios. I don't want to read red 4.xx and white 18 (high). I want to SEE it. My mechanical background. I know I have muscle left on the table and want to see just how much of my blood is red/oxygen carrying. |
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06-15-2010, 09:45 PM | #2 | |||
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Just out of curiosity...why do you want to draw your own blood?
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06-16-2010, 08:57 AM | #3 | |||
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He wants to "SEE it. My mechanical background." He is a 'tinkerer' and just needs to see things to see how they work, I understand fully.
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06-16-2010, 10:13 AM | #4 | |||
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You have a centrifuge? (spin)
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06-16-2010, 11:54 AM | #5 | |||
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google vacutainers.
BD has them, but by the case I believe. http://www.bd.com/vacutainer/products/venous/ But if you google it under shopping you can find individual ones for less that $5.
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06-16-2010, 06:17 PM | #6 | |||
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Thankyou legz. BD makes syringes I use for testosterone. 1ml size for insulin so i can very easily draw .5 of medicine. Can measure tenths.
Erin - read 2nd line initial post. I figure a sander, buffer, grinder or even fan can be made to safely spin the tube. I haven't looked up diameter or rpm yet. I rebuilt my first car engine in 1987? Thanks now I feel old. |
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"Thanks for this!" says: | SallyC (06-16-2010) |
06-16-2010, 07:42 PM | #7 | |||
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Here's a good calculator to figure radius/diameter + RPM = what test requies.
So that part's not too hard. Now to figure what tube to use for red/white/plasma/ect seperation. http://www.bd.com/vacutainer/product.../procedure.asp Boy it'd be nice to have a friend in a lab that could draw & seperate it for me for a fee. |
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06-17-2010, 06:12 AM | #8 | |||
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If you intend to examine your blood under a microscope you'll get a better sample by using a 21 guage hypodermic needle, (or larger) when drawing the blood. Smaller bore needles will damage the red blood cells and give a distorted picture.
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06-17-2010, 11:36 AM | #9 | |||
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06-17-2010, 12:50 PM | #10 | |||
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Thanks for tip on gauge size harming red cells. Im not interested in microscope (although now that you mentined it) Im interested in a visual on amount of red vs white vs plasma. Like the picture I took off my tv thats in my album here. If my red is a fraction of the white, that would surely hamper my ability to carry oxygen to brain no? and gain muscle.
So is 23gauge too small? I'd hate to use a 20! I like 25 link http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/al...pictureid=5354 |
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