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Date Posted: 20:19:08 09/22/04 Wed
Author: Susan
Subject: Re: Someone please argue the case for homologous transfusions
In reply to: Cejay 's message, "Someone please argue the case for homologous transfusions" on 13:57:09 09/22/04 Wed

>If he is going to cheat why go this route.
>
>I don't understand the rational for a homologous
>transfusion when autologous is so much safer and
>undetectable.

For a cyclist to use his own blood requires a lot of advance planning. I had to give 2 pints of autologous blood a few years ago before some surgery and they won't take it more than 6 weeks before the scheduled surgery. I did some checking around today and found a blood bank site that says modern anticoagulants only allow blood storage 21 to 42 days.

A cyclist like Tyler (or any other hypothetical cyclist) would have had to take the blood 3 - 6 weeks ahead of time. With the Olympics August 15 - 18, that would have been during or just before the Tour. Our hypothetical Tour contender and Oly hopeful wouldn't want to do that, since he'd want his red blood count high for the Tour. (This would have been perfect timing for Tyler though. He could have had a pint of his own blood taken after he dropped out of the Tour and still had 3-4 weeks to recover before the Olympics.)

I guess the plan for our hypothetical cyclist probably would be to take the blood about 4 weeks before the Tour for injecting during the Tour. That would have the sample taken early May, which would have left his own sample a bit old for use going into the Olympics.

So, I guess I don't know why a cyclist would have used someone else's blood except (1) poor planning, or (2) concern over spoilage of his own pint, if taken before the Tour. For a cyclist who rode and finished the Tour, the the choice would come down to using another donor's blood (maybe a trusted source with the same blood type like a bother, sister or parent) or go au naturel and hope hope you can win on merit.

Since Tyler didn't finish the Tour, he actually would have had time to use his own blood. What makes this even more inexplicable is that it was announced well before the Olympics that the test had been approved and that they would be screening for this.

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