Reply to "Can this surgery be done without giving blood transfusions?"

kathy smithMember

If a blood transfusion is really a no-no for you, you should take a marker and write that on your torso before surgery. I know this sounds ridiculous, but even if it's not likely to happen, mistakes are sometimes made (like operating on the wrong knee).

I looked up Jehovah's Witnesses and blood transfusion and now I'm confused. It says that pre-operative autologous blood is prohibited but that transfusions of autologous blood as part of a "current therapy" IS permitted. I guess I don't see the difference. Does this mean if one prepares ahead of time for a possible transfusion it is not permitted but one can have an autologous transfusion while being operated on? It was also interesting that the prohibition on blood transfusions was only introduced in 1945.

kathy

6/13/1312:11 PM

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