You say this in jest. But how would one actually get rid of blood if you can’t donate?
That's just one use case, obviously, so there is a system for some to get rid of excess blood, at least, in a similar manner as you would donate.
[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30808856
[1] https://www.redcrossblood.org/donate-blood/blood-donation-pr...
It turns out I didn't have hemochromatosis. It was merely a bit high, but knowing that I donated so often (both whole blood and platelets, which you can do more often), there was concern that the "self-treatment" was covering up a real problem.
I had not heard at the time that they wouldn't have wanted my blood. It was over a decade ago, and it's possible that the policy didn't exist then.
It amused me very much at the time to think that "bloodletting" might, in fact, be medically prescribed.
> Some people, he tells us, absorb too much iron, often as a result of a genetic condition called hereditary hemochromatosis. Over the years, the extra iron builds up slowly in people's bodies, causing damage to organs such as the liver and heart as well as the joints.
> What contains a lot of iron? Red blood cells! That's what. Thus, the therapy for iron overload (as it's also called) is to draw pint after pint of blood from patients until the iron stores drop to an acceptable level, and thereafter draw the occasional unit of blood so those levels don't creep up again.
Sounds very familiar if you replace "iron" with "PFAS".
Alternatively, it's easy to DIY if you are so inclined. You just need some sterile needles and alcohol swabs.