Why can't I give blood after having a corneal transplant?

At the end of May I'm have a corneal transplant because I have an eye disease that's gotten bad enough that that's the only option left. I'm a poor college student so to do my part as far as donating goes I give blood whenever I can but apparently if you have a corneal transplant you can't give blood for the remained of your life. I'm wondering why because there aren't any blood vessels in the corneal, so what's the deal?

izzy2010-05-02T12:40:29Z

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I can't find anything online.
Why not ask them? - you might have the wrong info.
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