I know that when I was thinking of becoming a donor for the first time I really didn't know where to turn. Our website, www.fcidonor.com, is very helpful and has a quick and easily survey to fill out to see if you are eligible to be a donor with us. We do have some height and weight requirements as well as you have to have a resent clean pap. Once you fill out the online form you will receive one of two responses from us, basically accepting or denying you as donor.
If you do get an acceptance email there will be an application attached for you to fill out. It can be intimidating at first to fill out all that medical information as well as the family history but it's worth the time it will take you. Once you return that to us with some photos, and your pap, we will review the application and if we like what we see then we'll set up a time to have you come in for a day of pre-screening. Our pre-screening process takes about 3 hours. At this appointment you will meet with our in house psychologist and be evaluated, have a physical exam, blood workup, genetic testing and an internal ultra sound. We do advance you $300 from your final $7,000 at this time and the check should arrive to you within days of your appointment.
Results from this day will take at least 2 weeks to receive back and in some cases can take longer. If everything is ok we will then upload your profile to the website to be viewed by our patients. Since we have more patients looking for donors then donors, the time between when you're put on and when you're picked is usually very short. From start to finish, once you are picked by a patient, the process takes about 3 months or so. As I mentioned before, I have donated with FCI two times in the past and would be happy to answer any questions that anyone might have. I can be reached via email at danielle.swanson@integramed.com.
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