What's your blood type?

[honeychile]

Originally Posted by KillarneyRose

I'm type A+, which I found out during one of the approximately ten zillion blood drives I participated in during college.

I think my A+ blood goes well with my Type A personality

Couldn't say it better myself. You know you're a Type A personality when you stand in front of a microwave saying, "Come on come on come on!"

As for blood banks calling, there's a huge shortage due to the number of people getting tattoos (some places you have to wait a year, others 6 months) multiple piercings (ditto), and the number of places which are spreading forms of hepatitis. I'm convinced my blood bank has me on speed dial.

[valkyrie]

Um, I have no freaking idea, LOL.

[sdbeta1]

Originally Posted by valkyrie

Um, I have no freaking idea, LOL.

blood type? i also have absolutely no clue. prolly not such a good idea either

[AlphaFrog]

I'm O+ and so is my husband. I don't remember for sure, but I think that means my daughter is also O+. I think I got kicked off the Red Cross list when they had to go digging in my arm for a vein (took them forever to find it) and then I gave in 4 min and just about passed out. Of course that was after I learned that I have to fake the temperature test, because my natural body temp is .1 degree too high to donate.

[_Opi_]

I think it's B-...I could be wrong though.

[Drolefille]

I'm O- another universal donor. I've given once at school but I'm waiting til I'm settled someplace to start giving again.

[tunatartare]

No clue what my blood type is. Doesn't matter because I can't donate. I had open heart surgery and lived in Russia for 7.5 years. This means that obviously I have mad cow disease. Especially since in communist Russia it was hard to find any food, let alone beef. I tried donating twice and got rejected both times. After that I got a letter from the New York Blood Center asking me not to contaminate the blood supply, but if I wanted to donate my blood in the name of medical research, to go to the nearest hospital and do so immediately.

[ISUKappa]

O+, found out while I was pg.

I donated all through high school and college, but haven't since then. I should, though.

[AlphaFrog]

Originally Posted by AlphaFrog

I'm O+ and so is my husband. I don't remember for sure, but I think that means my daughter is also O+.

I looked it up, our daughter can only be O (although the site didn't go into spesific +/- so I suppose it's possible that one of us might carry a - gene.

[Drolefille]

She'd almost definately be +. Both of you would have to have the - gene. So like 1/4 chance of - and 3/4 of +.

[bruinaphi]

I am O+, CMV Neg.

CMV is a virus that somewhere between 50 and 80% of the adult population carries in their blood. If an adult gets CMV it can be silent or they may have flu like symptoms for a couple of days. If a baby or immunosuppressed patient gets it, they can die.

I give blood every 56 days. It takes 1 hour (from the moment I leave work to getting back to my desk), and is one of the most rewarding things I do. I give at UCLA's Blood & Platelet Center. I know my blood goes to babies who have transplants or are very sick at UCLA.

If you can give blood, please do. The US blood supply is far lower than it should be. If everyone who is eligible to give did so twice a year, we would not have critical blood shortages during the summers and holidays like we do now.

To answer the original question: I have known my blood type my whole life and come from a family of all O+ parents and siblings.

[WhiteDaisy128]

I am B+

I found out when I was being processed for my Marine Corps ROTC scholarship (which I later dropped).

[Tbagger Vance]

Wait a minute. Hmmm