What is your Blood Type?

What is your Blood Type?

  • A

    Votes: 10 17.2%
  • B

    Votes: 4 6.9%
  • AB

    Votes: 7 12.1%
  • O

    Votes: 19 32.8%
  • Don't know

    Votes: 18 31.0%

  • Total voters
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LaFemme

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I used to donate blood all the time at Uni. It made me really sick every time I did it. Finally the nurse asked me why I did it - and I told her that I really wanted to help, and that if I ever needed blood, I wanted to know that I had done my share. She patted my arm and said "Sweetie, if you ever needed a transfusion, after you donate one more time, you will have given enough. Please stop doing this to yourself!" So I did it just one more time.

Wonder if I'm the only one who was told to stop donating.......
 

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Really? Don't you donate blood?
"In the US, the current guidance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is to permanently defer any male donor who has had sex with another man, in the period from 1977 to the present day.[22]"

It is a point of riots contention, since it has discriminatory overtones.:mad:

O negative
Oooo universal doner! You should donate as often as is allowed! :smile:

I am O positive. We tested are blood in my 7th or 8th grade science class. I had it confirmed later.

And if you want the info, the doc has to provide it to you.





(I still do both on a regular basis)[/QUOTE]
 

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Tried quoting you before and it got truncated! Lol

Anyone who CAN donate should.

Oh and People who can't donate at large, can still donate for themselves in the case of a planned surgery.


O positive... I'm positive... :)

I can't believe that a doctor would not give you this information. It is important for you to know in case of emergency.... so you can tell the medic or so you can put the information in your wallet or on your person somewhere and save precious time...

You should ask him again... and tell him you do have a right to know...

I have always known my blood type.... at age 18 I did 2 things without thinking twice:
1. Registered to Vote
2. Gave Blood


edit: If the doctor drew blood for any type of test, he can test your blood type easily ...

(I still do both on a regular basis)
 

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"In the US, the current guidance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is to permanently defer any male donor who has had sex with another man, in the period from 1977 to the present day.[22]"

It is a point of riots contention, since it has discriminatory overtones.:mad:


Wow, that is so wrong. I didn't know. Man this country -- or maybe simply the world -- can be screwed up.
 

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I haven't a clue, though I've been curious. As a kid, I asked my parents and they both knew their type. I think a blood test was a requirement back when they got married.

Like the OP, I asked my longtime doctor in San Francisco if I could find out my blood type. She looked up from the clipboard, scrutinized me for a moment, and said I had no reason to know or care. Really uncharacteristic for her.

It's true I can't donate -- I'm in a 7-year relationship with another guy -- but that's not why I was asking. Just curious.

There's a ginormous bloodmobile that's almost always in front of our local cinema, and everyone gets the hard sell on their way in to buy tickets. Hubby and I have started holding hands as we walk from the parking lot, and the blood-begging has oddly stopped. :cool:
 

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I don't know mine. I asked my doctor, purely out of curiosity, and she said I hadn't been tested before (and she didn't want to request a test just to satisfy my curiosity).

My parents don't know theirs either, so I can't figure it out using that method.

And I can't give blood because I lived in the UK during the mad cow danger time - it disqualifies me from donating here. Quite a relief really. It means I can walk right past the blood vans, whilst feeling all warm and fuzzy about the fact that I WOULD donate if I could. :tongue:
 

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i only know this because i've donated, as i've never had an op. i don't donate anymore though. i dip towards anaemia with my periods.

it's not really a matter of life & death to know this. in an emergency they'll give you o until they've tested your blood, which doesn't take long at all.