Watch the shopaholic who donates her blood plasma twice a week to fund her retail therapy habit
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A shopaholic donates her blood plasma twice a week to fund her retail therapy habit.
20-year-old Carisa Barker, Salt Lake City, Utah, is a student and part-time nanny. She makes $280 a month by donating her blood plasma twice a week.
She has been donating her blood plasma for more than a year now and has made more than $3,000 so far.
Blood Plasma is used in medicines that help people suffering from trauma, burns and other medical emergencies.
Carisa says she would recommend it to people who are short of cash as it is an easy way to earn money.
She said: “I would absolutely recommend it to people who are short of cash and want to go shopping. I donate plasma twice a week.”
“I get $20 the first time and $50 the next time,” Barker dished. “It’s just a little bit of extra money that I can spend that I don’t feel I worked very hard for.”
Carisa, who is a shopaholic, says she enjoys shopping sprees three times a week by donating her blood plasma twice a week.
She says she spends about $600 on clothes, shoes and beauty products every month and donating her blood plasma helps her a lot funding her retail habit.
“I’m a shopaholic and I would shop every day if I could. I usually go three or four times a week. Clothes and shoes are my favorite things to buy and I also love beauty products”, she said.
“On each shopping trip I only spend about $50 but that adds up to $150 a week. If I see something that I like or there’s a discount or a good deal, I’ll just buy it. I feel powerful knowing that I have the money and I can buy stuff.”
She has been donating her blood plasma for more than a year now after a friend suggested her to do it in exchange for some money.
“One of my friends does it and she took me with her one time. I just kept doing it,” she said. “I do it as often as I can which is usually twice a week. It takes about an hour and a half each time I go.”
“I go in and complete a survey to make sure I am feeling well that day, that I have no tattoos or piercings. They screen you and take your blood pressure and temperature. It takes them a while to pump the blood out and put it through the machine.”
“The machine separates the red blood cells from the plasma. Then they put the blood back into my body. As long as I eat a lot of protein before I go and stay hydrated, I feel fine.”
“There are no health risks that I know of and my parents are fine with me doing it. My plasma is used to make medicines for people with rare diseases. It makes me feel good to know that I’m helping people. I plan to keep donating”, she added.
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