Just gave blood today. I have super, extra negative blood (O negative, CMV negative) which is great for everyone else and babies, but sucks for me. If I need blood, I’m like screwed because I can only take my own type. So make sure to give blood to ensure I’m always around to write more inane posts like this one.
Sorry, O+. I gave blood once just to find out my blood type -and now the local blood bank calls me every other week to tell that there is a car accident or burn victim (usually a baby) that’s going to die if I don’t donate more blood.
O+ here. Get lots of phone calls. I donate whenever I can. The Whole blood donation doesn’t hurt. It’s the Platelet donation that hurts.
Thanks for donating, btw. It means more than you will ever know.
AB+, MSG free
AB+, myself. One parent’s A+, the other’s B-.
Sorry, Frank.
A Positive here. And I donate whenever there’s a Blood Drive on base.
Though if you are lucky enough to trap and ensnare a Flying Space Monkey before they become rabid. I understand that you can use it as a Mobile Blood Bank.
Jack.
O+ here, too. Before I moved they used to send me postcards saying, “O do you know how special your are?” I give blood, but sorry it’s no (direct) help to you, Frank.
A positive. I always feel bad that they can only take a pint – one of the bennies of being pudgy is more blood. There’s always some 98-pound waif from the UW passing out in the canteen afterwards, whereas I barely feel it.
Still, count your blessings, Frank. As a type A donor, they’re always asking me to go in for an aphresis donation – two hours on the “mare of plastic” having your blood taken out, run through a centrifuge, then pumped back in. I’m still working up the courage to try that one.
A+ here, donating blood is good and fun (except for the getting stabbed and blood leaking out part). Since noone seems to be donating your type blood, maybe you can try that “ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure” tactic. Drink lots of orange juice on days you think you might bleed alot. That seems to be what the Red Cross folks think is best for people that have misplaced a pint or two. Eat a cookie.
My Hunny is O+. The Red Cross loves him to death! I, on the other hand, am an anemic A-. The Red Cross just turns their noses up at me. Sigh.
Holy crap, I’ve got the same blood type as Frank J!
Too bad I live in Wisconsin and hoard all my own blood, you know, just in case. Maybe otherwise I could help you out.
Tell you what, I’ll have my kids’ blood types tested. If you’re ever in need, I’ll send you one of them, for a nominal fee.
Also have O negative (with an unusually high concentration of caffeine). I don’t know if I can in all clear conscience donate blood. What if my blood is used to bring some smelly hippy back from the death he deserves? I couldn’t live with myself knowing that some hippy is breathing and destroying the country because of me.
Exile,
Babies mainly get it all. I hope the save some for good ‘ole Frank J.!
Actually, in my spare time I have been developing an artificial blood specifically for use on hippies. It’s mostly anti-freeze and clorox, but I can’t wait to try it on some lefties.
i have no idea what my blood type is.
I’m O Negative and donated all the time in the past but I’m not allowed to donate anymore.
No, not drugs or HIV…I was (gasp!) stationed in the U.K. from 1989-1990! Mad cow disease hysteria.
Let’s ignore the fact that the military commissaries didn’t usually have British beef (and once the outbreak hit they stopped immediately)…better to eliminate a huge group of people than take a chance even though there’s ZERO scientific evidence to back up this precaution.
The fact that I was mostly a vegetarian at the time due to the undue influence of an ex-wife (explains the “ex”) also doesn’t get factored in…oh well!
O+. I get lots of Red Cross phone calls and “Type O Hero” mail. But I have bad veins and rarely succeed in donating. Recently I asked them to stop calling, not out of selfishness but out of not wanting to waste any more of their time, needles, and bags.
But my wife and children are negative (wife A-, kids O-), so I thank you for your kindness.
Pax,
They really bash Europe and the U.K. on that qualifier form.
Also, I guess they have a problem if you’re a woman who had three children or more. Not sure what that is about.
type: “O pos”
I am A- and let me tell you – you get to go to the best parties that way!
As for all you apheresis wanna be’s, just suck it up and do it. I’ve been doing it for years and you don’t hear me complaining (well, YOU don’t, the nurses do).
Watch a movie, read a book, save a life.
Sorry Frank. They tell me I traded all of my blood for oil and will not let me donate.
Extra caffeinated O+. But I’m deferred for a year after I finish my anti-malaria meds. Ah, the joys of overseas deployment!
I unfortunately can’t give blood because I’ve had Lyme Disease and have spent too much time in Europe.
You wouldn’t want my blood.
My husband’s entire family is O-. They fought having to give blood to their own father when he needed surgery. (Big Italian Family) I’m A+. No help for you in this end of the State.
O- here…I could help, if I were in the ‘hood, but the R’Cross told me not to come back, after the SECOND time they dumped a pint of mine. Some sort of liver thing, that $300 of testing by my own doc couldn’t find, then or since.
What chaps me is that they didn’t bother to tell me the FIRST time, so I couldn’t check it out before they banned me. So screw them and their “we’re in desperate need” and “we need your donations”. Take care of your regular donors (5+ gallons when they banned me), maybe? Too late.
Still, if you need it…The REAL docs say there’s no problem at all!
/rant
C
O- bitches
Here’s an interesting fact….
Did you know that the number one contributor to blood banks is the U.S. Military? Yep, for some units its almost required to donate blood, and the Red Cross et al are in trouble now because of our (the military’s) frequent deployments, which means military members cannot donate blood in the quantities we used to, which is a real problem! So this is one of the reasons you might be seeing increased blood drives now! Unfortunately, I am not much help- I am AB- and extremely hard to stick- for my precommissioning blood draw around 5 different people stuck me about 20 times ( I am not exagerating this either!) till they told me to come back another day. After that I was very skeptical of people sticking me to draw blood….
Well, the last time I tried to donate, they said my blood pressure was too high, so I guess I am too high strung and fat for blood donations. So when i get around to losing some weight, perhaps.
Frank…you’ll make a wonderful husband. You know that “-” on your blood? That will keep any “-” wife (listen up, SarahK) from having to get those damn Rh shots during pregnancy. I have A-, and my ex-husband (ex for many reasons) was O+, which meant I had to get those damn shots….why can’t the guys ever get the shots? Damn commie plot….
I’m O- but not sure what subgroup. Hopefully, i’ve got your back, Frank!
A+
And I donate on a regular cycle.
The truck shows up at my work.
I think it’s every two months.
Sorry I am not your type, big boy.
SparcVark,
I used to sell my blood plasma, and you can do that twice a week. You just have to wait 2 days between donations.
Big honkin 10 guage needle too. I did it for 2 years.
I have a permenent indent in my arm.
It’s a good “x” marks the spot for the Blood mobile lady.
Just remember to eat a good meal before, and drink allot of water.
And do not eat fatty foods the day before, you will clog the machine.
They get kinda pissed when that happens, and they shame you for it.
I ate a chicken fried steak the day before one time, that’s how I know.
Oh and bananas.. they don’t want you eating bananas either, I had a list of foods to avoid prior to donation.
The whole blood people don’t care, as long as you have enough iron.
Did you know that Oklahomans per capita give more blood than any other state?
When my Guard unit shows up in other states (like Arkansas) the local blood banks send their Bloodmobiles.
Hmm,
AB+, but I don’t donate anymore…
The first time was just fine, but the last 3 times afterward I passed out.
In fact the very last time I donated – I was still hooked up when the room took on that funky hue that signaled “Oh yeah, I’m passing out now…”
Not that I’m all afeard of needles and stuff, my blood pressure just drops thru the floor and then I hit it.
Oh, well…