What's your blood type?

[ADqtPiMel]

I'm O+, and I've known it as long as I can remember. I'm not allowed to donate blood.

[BobbyTheDon]

LOL wth?

[Thrillhouse]

I merged the two threads together.
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[DeltAlum]

Red

[MaryAmanda]

O+

I've always known that, and so the first time I found someone that didn't know their own blood type, I thought it was incredibly weird.

[SOPi_Jawbreaker]

Originally Posted by ariesrising

Merging threads is tres cool.

In Japan they have personality profiles based on blood types:

Type O: trendsetter, loyal, passionate, self-confident, independent, ambitious, vain, jealous, athletic, robust, leaders, arrogant, insensitive

Type A: calm, patient, sensitive, responsible, overcautious, stubborn, unable to relax, conservative, reserved, punctual, perfectionist, introverted, obsessive, self conscious, uptight

Type B: individualist, dislike custom, strong, optimistic, creative, flexible, wild, unpredictable, passionate, forgetful, irresponsible

Type AB: cool, controlled, rational, sociable, popular, critical, sometimes standoffish, indecisive, aloof, unforgiving

I have O blood type but the description is nothing like me. I'm much more type A, with the exception of not being "conservative" or "uptight".

[carnation]

The Blood Vessel (a blood collecting van painted like a pirate ship) is in front of a local hospital today and one of my children is in the hospital so I think I'll donate. I hope it doesn't take long and that I can still go to the gym later. I remember that one of my sorority sistrs passed out during pledging because she went up on the sunroof to get a tan for a couple of hours after she gave blood.

[1908Revelations]

AB+

[bruinaphi]

UCLA Blood & Platelet Center has started a Double Red Cell donation program for every day donors (it used to be that only family/patients could do double red cell donation).

There are several really great advantages to this program: (1) people who give blood two or three times a year can stay on that same schedule, but double the effectiveness of their blood donation; (2) donors say the automated double red cell donation is more comfortable than regular whole blood donations because a smaller needle is used; & (3) Donors also receive back their own plasma and about a pint of saline, leaving them better hydrated than before the donation.

I hope that programs such as this one serve to increase the blood supply.

[AGDLynn]

I know that the post is a few years ago and I didn't read this whole thread when I realized it was so old.

But to the diabetic who doesn't know her blood type, ask your dr since they prob have to take your blood sugar levels 3 or 6 months a year.

I'm A+ of course

[sageofages]

Originally Posted by sageofages

I am O+, Mr Sageofages is AB+, we have 3 biological children .

A+, B+ and O+ ....go figure .

The blood bank called recently to ask Mr Sageofages to donate blood. He responded "I am sorry I can not donate, I am in a high risk group" and hung up the phone. Whereupon I said "what the F*ck do you mean HIGH RISK group? Is there something I should know?" He looked me *without* blinking..."I am in a high risk group...*afraid* of needles"

geez...I did throw the sofa pillow at him.

Updated to add, since Mr Sageofages heart attack, his fear of needles is much less (considering he had 16 bags of fluid running into him ...16 needles). Still not donating, but doesn't cry anymore when he has to have a shot .

Originally Posted by OTW

I'm also O+.

In the past 7 years that I've been eligible to donate I've already donated 1 1/2 gallons to the Blood Bank of Hawaii. Provided that I remain healthy, I will continue to donate!

Since posting this in 2004 I've upped it to 2 gallons. I would have donated more, but I've had a string of bad luck as far as my health goes.

I last donated about a week and a half ago. The Blood Bank of Hawaii was at an all-time critical and they called me at work begging me to come in. Luckily I was feeling up to it.

[DolphinChicaDDD]

I donated for the first time this winter, but I'm pretty sure I'm going to be one of those statistics about people who don't go back.

Its not that I wouldn't want to give blood again, but I had a hard time donating it. I was rejected in the past because of low blood pressure, but this time I made the cut off. Barely. I was hooked up to the machine for nearly an hour. The nurse kept coming over, asking if I felt faint, and then resetting the timer to give me more time.

[bruinaphi]

Originally Posted by DolphinChicaDDD

I donated for the first time this winter, but I'm pretty sure I'm going to be one of those statistics about people who don't go back.

Its not that I wouldn't want to give blood again, but I had a hard time donating it. I was rejected in the past because of low blood pressure, but this time I made the cut off. Barely. I was hooked up to the machine for nearly an hour. The nurse kept coming over, asking if I felt faint, and then resetting the timer to give me more time.

If you can't give a pint in 20 minutes they can't use your blood and they disconnect you. I can't believe they left you on the machine for nearly an hour, that's horrible!

[SWTXBelle]

AB+ - I'm anemic, so I can't always donate, but I do whenever I can. I hate the "stick" to test my blood worse than the actual needle to draw it!