complexity 0 #126 April 8, 2005 A + Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Conundrum 1 #127 April 8, 2005 I'm O neg. United Blood Services is always calling me to donate. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites huka551 0 #128 April 8, 2005 Same here, I think the Rhogam shot expires, I used to carry mine in my wallet, but chucked it when I knew I wouldn't have anymore kids Muff Brother 3723 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites skycat 0 #129 April 8, 2005 QuoteThe rarest AB Rh negative. All I can do is hope I'll never need blood... actually you are almost the universal receiver. You can take blood from anyone who is O-, A-, B-, or AB-. Us O-s are the ones who need to hope we never need blood cause we can only get blood from other O-s. Fly it like you stole it! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites 2fat2fly 0 #130 April 8, 2005 Now I have a card in my wallet that says "In Case Of Medical Emergency-Log on to Dropzone.com"I am not the man. But the man knows my name...and he's worried Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites tigra 0 #131 April 8, 2005 I'm AB- also, and back when I used to donate regularly, they always gave me the VIP treatment because of my rare blood. Is that because the components (platelets, plasma, etc) are more valuable/ needed than just whole blood and are those generally more type specific? I'm directing this ? at you SkyCat because you seem to know a little about the topic! When I was in college, the red cross used to call me when there was a shortage, pick me up at my dorm, feed me and bring me home when I was done! And once they actually told me my donation was going to help a premature baby that had just been born that day. That made me feel really good! Now they don't want my blood or platelets because I go to Mexico almost every year! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites skydiverbc 0 #132 April 8, 2005 o negative.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites PrairieDoug 0 #133 April 8, 2005 No... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites skycat 0 #134 April 8, 2005 I'm definately no expert, and a lot of the information is out there you just have to go and look for it. This website will give you a lot of information and from reading it I learned a new thing. AB is the universal donor for plasma and platelets, which would answer why you are a VIP when giving blood. http://www.utahblood.org/facts/frequently.htm I know when babies need a blood transfusion it's a big deal and I'm sure since they are so small and delicate there best chance is with blood that matches theirs exactly.Fly it like you stole it! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Muenkel 0 #135 April 8, 2005 Does anyone know what happened to the Rhesus Monkeys? Chris _________________________________________ Chris Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites KevinMcGuire 0 #136 April 8, 2005 QuoteDoes anyone know what happened to the Rhesus Monkeys? Chris Don't they use them to make Rhesus Pieces out of? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites kelel01 1 #137 April 8, 2005 "Rhesus Pieces: The World's Deadliest Candy". I like it! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Muenkel 0 #138 April 8, 2005 QuoteDoes anyone know what happened to the Rhesus Monkeys? Chris -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Don't they use them to make Rhesus Pieces out of? Very possible. But don't you think they should label the packages as to whether they are RH -/+? You wouldn't want an RH - person eating a Rhesus Piece that's RH +. Or would we? Chris _________________________________________ Chris Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites billvon 3,070 #139 April 8, 2005 > The rarest AB Rh negative. All I can do is hope I'll never need blood... You can receive from AB-, A-, B- or O-. O negative is the best donor but the worst recipient. AB positive is the best recipient but worst donor. I'm A+, which is good for receiving but not so great for donating. I just hope they're not throwing out all that blood I donate! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites demoss99 0 #140 April 8, 2005 Blood drive this week - first time donor - knew already but had blood type confirmed - O rh negative "I know you believe you understand what you think I said, but I am not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites billvon 3,070 #141 April 8, 2005 > Blood drive this week - first time donor - knew already but had >blood type confirmed - O rh negative And to think they bug me a lot . . . you are going to get a lot of calls from the blood bank, my friend. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites demoss99 0 #142 April 8, 2005 They gave me a "life gift donor" card to start an account - they said I should bank up blood since I'm involved in a sport where i could need it in the event of an accident etc... Also told me they may contact me periodically if they run short in that type etc... Even said they sometimes fly people with this type to dallas and houston for donations etc... I'm in demand!!!!!! haha "I know you believe you understand what you think I said, but I am not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites skybill 22 #143 April 9, 2005 Hi Skymama, Mine is A+. Finally found out when I joined the Navy in Dec. 1966. The first thing they do is stamp it on your dog tags.SCR-2034, SCS-680 III%, Deli-out Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites HydroGuy 0 #144 April 9, 2005 Interesting...that Utah blood thing states that positives can take negatives, but negatives can't take positives.Get in - Get off - Get away....repeat as neccessary Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites RkyMtnHigh 0 #145 April 9, 2005 I'm B+....and I wore it on my helmet when I started this sport _________________________________________ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites dtpilot 0 #146 April 9, 2005 100% A+ im "A+" "Believe me! The secret of reaping the greatest fruitfulness and the greatest enjoyment from life is to live dangerously!" -- Friedrich Nietzsche Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites peacefuljeffrey 0 #147 April 9, 2005 QuoteQuoteYou know, I went in to donate platelets on Tuesday, and my iron count was too low. I love donating platelets. Now I have to go back later. poor thing! well, ever since i lived in london... they won't take my blood. i might have mad cow disease!!! I'm B+, CMV-. They were always after me to donate platelets. Being CMV- made my blood safer to give to people with compromised immune systems -- premature babies, and cancer patients. It was always gratifying to know that people who really needed it would be getting my blood. But alas, I spent a semester in England and then I told them so on a questionnaire, and they turn me down now. Pretty stupid. They need to be figuring a reliable and simple way to test for Mad Cow disease (actually vCJD) because ruling out so many donors is making it really hard on the blood supply. I was told they lost at least 1/3 of the U.S. donor base. Also, in England, any blood for use in those 12 and under must come from outside Europe! Only donations for those over 12 can be British. This is because of the suspected "incubation" period of vCJD being 10-20 years! The British gov't. apparently was trying to guarantee a future generation, because they were scared shitless that they'd have a HUGE population of people coming down with the disease. Well, that's what a government gets when it discovers the disease in cows, and despite not having any factual basis on which to say it, tells the public, "Never fear: this can't jump to humans." :mad: -Jeffrey-Jeffrey "With tha thoughts of a militant mind... Hard line, hard line after hard line!" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites wartload 0 #148 April 11, 2005 QuoteI'm AB- also, and back when I used to donate regularly, they always gave me the VIP treatment because of my rare blood. [end quote] I never got the VIP treatment that some of you have talked about receiving, but I sure got whisked to the head of the line once, and there was a guy standing there to take the bag away as soon as it was full. Apparently there was some immediate need for AB+ at the time. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites wartload 0 #149 April 11, 2005 QuoteHi Skymama, Mine is A+. Finally found out when I joined the Navy in Dec. 1966. The first thing they do is stamp it on your dog tags. Remember that they also put your religion on there? Where most protestants said "Prot", mine said "Prost". I thought that was far more appropriate! 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Conundrum 1 #127 April 8, 2005 I'm O neg. United Blood Services is always calling me to donate. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
huka551 0 #128 April 8, 2005 Same here, I think the Rhogam shot expires, I used to carry mine in my wallet, but chucked it when I knew I wouldn't have anymore kids Muff Brother 3723 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skycat 0 #129 April 8, 2005 QuoteThe rarest AB Rh negative. All I can do is hope I'll never need blood... actually you are almost the universal receiver. You can take blood from anyone who is O-, A-, B-, or AB-. Us O-s are the ones who need to hope we never need blood cause we can only get blood from other O-s. Fly it like you stole it! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
2fat2fly 0 #130 April 8, 2005 Now I have a card in my wallet that says "In Case Of Medical Emergency-Log on to Dropzone.com"I am not the man. But the man knows my name...and he's worried Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tigra 0 #131 April 8, 2005 I'm AB- also, and back when I used to donate regularly, they always gave me the VIP treatment because of my rare blood. Is that because the components (platelets, plasma, etc) are more valuable/ needed than just whole blood and are those generally more type specific? I'm directing this ? at you SkyCat because you seem to know a little about the topic! When I was in college, the red cross used to call me when there was a shortage, pick me up at my dorm, feed me and bring me home when I was done! And once they actually told me my donation was going to help a premature baby that had just been born that day. That made me feel really good! Now they don't want my blood or platelets because I go to Mexico almost every year! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skydiverbc 0 #132 April 8, 2005 o negative.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skycat 0 #134 April 8, 2005 I'm definately no expert, and a lot of the information is out there you just have to go and look for it. This website will give you a lot of information and from reading it I learned a new thing. AB is the universal donor for plasma and platelets, which would answer why you are a VIP when giving blood. http://www.utahblood.org/facts/frequently.htm I know when babies need a blood transfusion it's a big deal and I'm sure since they are so small and delicate there best chance is with blood that matches theirs exactly.Fly it like you stole it! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Muenkel 0 #135 April 8, 2005 Does anyone know what happened to the Rhesus Monkeys? Chris _________________________________________ Chris Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KevinMcGuire 0 #136 April 8, 2005 QuoteDoes anyone know what happened to the Rhesus Monkeys? Chris Don't they use them to make Rhesus Pieces out of? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kelel01 1 #137 April 8, 2005 "Rhesus Pieces: The World's Deadliest Candy". I like it! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Muenkel 0 #138 April 8, 2005 QuoteDoes anyone know what happened to the Rhesus Monkeys? Chris -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Don't they use them to make Rhesus Pieces out of? Very possible. But don't you think they should label the packages as to whether they are RH -/+? You wouldn't want an RH - person eating a Rhesus Piece that's RH +. Or would we? Chris _________________________________________ Chris Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 3,070 #139 April 8, 2005 > The rarest AB Rh negative. All I can do is hope I'll never need blood... You can receive from AB-, A-, B- or O-. O negative is the best donor but the worst recipient. AB positive is the best recipient but worst donor. I'm A+, which is good for receiving but not so great for donating. I just hope they're not throwing out all that blood I donate! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
demoss99 0 #140 April 8, 2005 Blood drive this week - first time donor - knew already but had blood type confirmed - O rh negative "I know you believe you understand what you think I said, but I am not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 3,070 #141 April 8, 2005 > Blood drive this week - first time donor - knew already but had >blood type confirmed - O rh negative And to think they bug me a lot . . . you are going to get a lot of calls from the blood bank, my friend. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
demoss99 0 #142 April 8, 2005 They gave me a "life gift donor" card to start an account - they said I should bank up blood since I'm involved in a sport where i could need it in the event of an accident etc... Also told me they may contact me periodically if they run short in that type etc... Even said they sometimes fly people with this type to dallas and houston for donations etc... I'm in demand!!!!!! haha "I know you believe you understand what you think I said, but I am not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skybill 22 #143 April 9, 2005 Hi Skymama, Mine is A+. Finally found out when I joined the Navy in Dec. 1966. The first thing they do is stamp it on your dog tags.SCR-2034, SCS-680 III%, Deli-out Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HydroGuy 0 #144 April 9, 2005 Interesting...that Utah blood thing states that positives can take negatives, but negatives can't take positives.Get in - Get off - Get away....repeat as neccessary Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RkyMtnHigh 0 #145 April 9, 2005 I'm B+....and I wore it on my helmet when I started this sport _________________________________________ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dtpilot 0 #146 April 9, 2005 100% A+ im "A+" "Believe me! The secret of reaping the greatest fruitfulness and the greatest enjoyment from life is to live dangerously!" -- Friedrich Nietzsche Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
peacefuljeffrey 0 #147 April 9, 2005 QuoteQuoteYou know, I went in to donate platelets on Tuesday, and my iron count was too low. I love donating platelets. Now I have to go back later. poor thing! well, ever since i lived in london... they won't take my blood. i might have mad cow disease!!! I'm B+, CMV-. They were always after me to donate platelets. Being CMV- made my blood safer to give to people with compromised immune systems -- premature babies, and cancer patients. It was always gratifying to know that people who really needed it would be getting my blood. But alas, I spent a semester in England and then I told them so on a questionnaire, and they turn me down now. Pretty stupid. They need to be figuring a reliable and simple way to test for Mad Cow disease (actually vCJD) because ruling out so many donors is making it really hard on the blood supply. I was told they lost at least 1/3 of the U.S. donor base. Also, in England, any blood for use in those 12 and under must come from outside Europe! Only donations for those over 12 can be British. This is because of the suspected "incubation" period of vCJD being 10-20 years! The British gov't. apparently was trying to guarantee a future generation, because they were scared shitless that they'd have a HUGE population of people coming down with the disease. Well, that's what a government gets when it discovers the disease in cows, and despite not having any factual basis on which to say it, tells the public, "Never fear: this can't jump to humans." :mad: -Jeffrey-Jeffrey "With tha thoughts of a militant mind... Hard line, hard line after hard line!" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wartload 0 #148 April 11, 2005 QuoteI'm AB- also, and back when I used to donate regularly, they always gave me the VIP treatment because of my rare blood. [end quote] I never got the VIP treatment that some of you have talked about receiving, but I sure got whisked to the head of the line once, and there was a guy standing there to take the bag away as soon as it was full. Apparently there was some immediate need for AB+ at the time. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites wartload 0 #149 April 11, 2005 QuoteHi Skymama, Mine is A+. Finally found out when I joined the Navy in Dec. 1966. The first thing they do is stamp it on your dog tags. Remember that they also put your religion on there? Where most protestants said "Prot", mine said "Prost". I thought that was far more appropriate! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites billw 0 #150 April 11, 2005 O-neg Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Prev 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Next Page 6 of 7 Join the conversation You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account. Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible. Reply to this topic... × Pasted as rich text. Paste as plain text instead Only 75 emoji are allowed. × Your link has been automatically embedded. Display as a link instead × Your previous content has been restored. Clear editor × You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL. Insert image from URL × Desktop Tablet Phone Submit Reply 0
wartload 0 #149 April 11, 2005 QuoteHi Skymama, Mine is A+. Finally found out when I joined the Navy in Dec. 1966. The first thing they do is stamp it on your dog tags. Remember that they also put your religion on there? Where most protestants said "Prot", mine said "Prost". I thought that was far more appropriate! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
