Do you know your Blood Type?

Ouch Chinese Byrne

Ouch Chinese Byrne

No idea

How do you find out the easy way without donating blood?

*Public Poll*

What's your game, OP?

EmmetSpiceland

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119451678#Comment_119451678

There’s no way of finding out with blood being taken so you may as well donate it and ask them to tell you.

Won’t cost you anything either.

Potential-Monke

No idea

I always intend to ask the doc every time I go there, but I always forget. Doesn't help I don't have a specific doctor and mainly use the walk in clinics, because all local doctors are full up. Also, I haven't been sick in over a year, a new record. WFH, un-social, it all adds to better health!

I also don't donate, I'm pretty sure I can't because I smoke weed.

HerrKapitan

Which third parties are buying this information?

Jim_Hodge

Type O

Just as important to know if you're rhesus + or -.

Particularly when having kids.

Leg End Reject

I know both my blood and rhesus type and donate blood.

That's all you're getting!

Autosport

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119451823#Comment_119451823

Same 👍

Yeah, just go donate some blood. It's a good thing to do. I can't understand why anyone wouldn't know their own blood type.

O+

I actually got a call one time to come in and give blood because a newborn kid needed donations urgently. So yeah, give blood.

blacklilly

Type B

Your blood type generally isn't stated if for instance you do a blood test with your GP.

One sure way of finding out is by donating blood as others have said. It doesn't take long and saves countless lives every year. There's been a real shortage of blood donations over the past year or two.

Im pretty certain you can donate if you smoke weed, if that's all that's stopping you, you could call the IBTS to check it out

Badly Drunk Boy

Type A

I'm a negative person. I mean...I'm an A- person.

corner of hells

What's the really rare blood type ?

dmc17

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119451990#Comment_119451990

Turnip blood?

Montage of Feck

No idea

Blue blood like a spider.

Mine is red.

Dempo1

No idea

Interesting question & I should know as I have to get bloods done regularly for year's, (Thyroid disease) & connected issues & now diagnosed with Diabetes, its actually funny (if that's the right expression) I've never thought to ask 🙄, will now,

Tonesjones

Type AB

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119451728#Comment_119451728

You can donate if you smoke weed. If I remember correctly it's 3 or 4 days after. Could be less.

Youl get a great sense of having done a good deed afterwards and will randomly recieve a text message someday soon after saying your blood has been sent to one of the hospitals for use. I donated twice. Messages were Beaumont and Cork hospitals. It's a great feeling again when you get the message.

corner of hells

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119452003#Comment_119452003

That's it , that's the one.

o1s1n

You can buy home test kits. Did one myself last year as a matter of interest and apparently I'm B Negative.

pawrick

Type A

A+ for me and my partner is O- aka a universal donor

jimbobaloobob

AB+

beachhead

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119451990#Comment_119451990

The rarest blood type is Rhnull.The exact njumber of people with it is unknown but guesstimate is 50 people on the planet.

Of the 8 main blood types AB negative is the rarest followed by B negative;A negative;O negative and AB positive.In Ireland approximately 5% of the population have O negative and of AB negative it is 7%.All the other types are much more common.O negative is always required by hospitals.

cj maxx

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119451823#Comment_119451823

Me too

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119452050#Comment_119452050

I had no idea home kits exist.

I'm gonna get one as I've always been curious.

Pauliedragon

Type A

Not sure about the weed thing. I donate regularly and the only question I've ever been asked about drugs is if I've injected any. I've donated a few days after coke before and was told no problem. Was a different country though might be different rules here.

No idea

I was a blood donor until I was diagnosed as diabetic (Type B) over a decade ago - seemingly I can't donate blood any more, although it's fully under control and my blood-sugars are always within the "normal" levels. If the situation around donations has changed then I'd be delighted to know.

No idea

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119451778#Comment_119451778

Not sure, although I hear that The Transylvanain Vampire Collective are following this thread with great interest.

Neyite

I'm one of the rare blood type so I donate as often as I can. I don't like needles so I look away when they are doing it. Once it's in, I'm grand.

It doesn't take long to do and if your donation gets used, you get a text to tell you which hospital used it. One Christmas mine got used in Crumlin, presumably on a kid and it was nice thinking that some kid might have had a slightly better Christmas because of the transfusion.

Hoop66

Type O

Oh, OP, you're in the pocket of Big Blood Type. It's all a scam.

SEPT 23 1989

bring back the free Guinness and pencils and I may consider donating again

Mr. CooL ICE

Type B

Bneg here.

Always try to have a steak before going to donate and then make sure I stuff my face with chocolate and biscuits afterwards to get value for blood.

Only ever had one bad experience donating and that was when I had a 4 month old at home and was probably sleep deprived, and generally not looking after myself. Fainted at the table after taking an age to donate the minimum amount, which was lack of hydration apparently.

HeidiHeidi

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119453394#Comment_119453394

The pencils are still there! And last time I got a funky little keyring LED torch, there's usually some little knick knacks to take.

The Guinness (or Harp, if I remember rightly, that was your choice) was always pretty manky, but it was kind of cool to get it anyway!

They have scaled back the after-donation refreshments these days, not sure how much is down to covid restrictions that just haven't been properly lifted, but the cafe is gone, there's just the biccies/crisps/bars and water now.

I recently started donating again after about 5 years of not, and I'm delighted to be back in the swing of it.

I've seen loads of messages on SM that they're desperately short of blood this weather - so anyone out there who's dithering, please just do it!!

retalivity

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119453428#Comment_119453428

I'm the same, was told that its quite rare, circa 2% of the population, and I should donate. Unfortunately both times I went, they were unable to get any blood!

Zebra3

Type A

A+.

Have donated platelets a few times. Had no idea until then.

Strumms

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119453394#Comment_119453394

If you don’t drink can you get two pencils ?