Guest guest Posted December 20, 2004 Report Share Posted December 20, 2004 I recently went in to donate blood for a friend who was ill.. I received a call back from the blood bank asking me to come in. ONce there, was told that my intial test came back postive and that they were running an additional test to verify but the results wouldnt be in until after the first of the year. Received the call today where they explained the second test was negative but that I shouldnt rule out the possiblity that it could actually be positive. They suggested that I see my primary care physician in a few months, explain the issue(they are sending me all the paperwork to take also) and have them rerun the tests. Is this normal? Should I be concerned? What would cause that to happen? I'm so confused and scared to death not knowing how I could have contracted it or if I actually have it and it just isnt " showing up " in my system yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 20, 2004 Report Share Posted December 20, 2004 Yes these things DO unfortunately happen, it could be that the person running the test did not clean the equipment between tests properly and your positive might be contamination from the previous test he ran on another person.. so follow his advice and see your own doc and have it re-run to be sure... I hope that you are negative, this is a mean disease and I wouldnt wish it on my worst enemy.. God Bless and Merry Christmas or whatever way you celebrate this time of the year! jax --- slaball1 wrote: > > I recently went in to donate blood for a friend who > was ill.. I > received a call back from the blood bank asking me > to come in. ONce > there, was told that my intial test came back > postive and that they > were running an additional test to verify but the > results wouldnt be > in until after the first of the year. Received the > call today where > they explained the second test was negative but that > I shouldnt rule > out the possiblity that it could actually be > positive. They > suggested that I see my primary care physician in a > few months, > explain the issue(they are sending me all the > paperwork to take also) > and have them rerun the tests. > > Is this normal? Should I be concerned? What would > cause that to > happen? I'm so confused and scared to death not > knowing how I could > have contracted it or if I actually have it and it > just > isnt " showing up " in my system yet. > > > > ===== Jackie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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