"Do you know what your bloodtype is?" and other questions you dont know the answer to

westendgirlie · 08-11-2011 08:43PM

Rhesus B neg

I'm another that can't give blood here as I was in UK at height of mad cow disease. Shame as I always gave blood in the UK.

My question..... Why don't they run a test for CJD? They check for HIV, Hepatitis, etc.

Apolloyon · 08-11-2011 09:07PM

O+

I also can't donate blood here because I lived in the UK during a certain period of time.

SurferRosa · 08-11-2011 09:13PM

A negative - found out after donating blood.
The worst so far about being a woman with negative blood, is that if the father of your children is postive, (as my husband is), then you will need to have a painful injection in the bum, after the birth of your kids (if they are rhesus positive - which mine are), so that your body doesn't create antibodies that would potentially attack your next fetus.

Laura_lolly87 · 08-11-2011 09:20PM

I had this conversation with my mother last weekend. I have the most common bloodtype and she has the rarest but I can't for the life of me remember what they are.

08-11-2011 09:20PM

i duno
i havent gotten around to giving blood

cocoshovel · 08-11-2011 09:43PM

I haven't got a clue, but I really should seeing as I have gotten so much blood taken in the past year.

GalwayKiefer · 08-11-2011 09:51PM

No idea but I recently gave blood for the first time so I'll know once I get my little card out in the post.

The Princess Bride · 08-11-2011 09:52PM

IvaBigWun wrote: »

What other questions should you know the answer to but dont?

Where does dust come from? I know I should know,but I just don't get it.

Also,how the hell do spiders find their way into my house?

Saila · 08-11-2011 09:56PM

no idea!

opti76 · 08-11-2011 09:58PM

AB neg only 1 in 167 people have it .. local blood bank have my phone number ...

im special

Shivers26 · 08-11-2011 10:02PM

Blood type A Neg - I knew all about it last time I had a baby and you have to get big nasty injections when you have Rh negative blood to protect future pregnancies.

A tracker mortgage is the ECB base rate + a marginal percentage that is usually less than the average market variable rate. When I got my mortgage 3.5 years ago I wanted to go on a fixed rate but the broker made a mistake on the forms and put me down for a tracker and I've been reaping the benefits ever since

Mortgage started out at about €1200 per month in June 2008 and now its approx €670 per month.

ConTheCat · 08-11-2011 10:02PM

Ironic how this came up! Getting my tonsils out next week and was asked to get an FBC for my blood group. So went out to the doctors to get one only to find out she won't know what my blood type is after it?! Find out inside next week anyway

Eve_Dublin · 08-11-2011 10:45PM

A+ ...common as muck, I am.

Wibbs · 08-11-2011 10:47PM

opti76 wrote: »

AB neg only 1 in 167 people have it .. local blood bank have my phone number ...

im special

We're both speshul as I have it too.

Kasabian · 08-11-2011 11:04PM

Richard Dower wrote: »

I have acid for blood.

Is it burning away at your little dick? :pac:

hairyprincess · 09-11-2011 12:17AM

O- here. I'm such a giver

How do they get the figs into the fig rolls? :pac:

Posy · 09-11-2011 12:24AM

A-
But I have had a few piercings so haven't given blood for nearly two years because they don't want it!

bridget84 · 09-11-2011 02:49AM

I found out my blood type because of that blood type diet thing.
You can order test online here http://www.inhealth.ie/Products/Blood-Group-Test__4071.aspx?gclid=CJWx3922qKwCFcgc4QoddjhI_g

I was hoping to be an O but turned out to be an A.
Lucky Os are more cancer resistant than unlucky As.

watna · 09-11-2011 03:09AM

RachaelVO wrote: »

I think you're call the Universal Giver, and O+ is the universal receiver!

You're just too generous for your own good Url

ScienceNerd wrote: »

AB+ is universal receiver, can only donate to other AB+ folk. Selfish bastards.

I was thinking that it was incorrect too when I saw that post. I find blood types really interesting. I'm a blood type nerd

I'm AB+ - tis awesome because I'm rare and speshul. Nah, not really, I've never needed a trasnfusion anyway. I can never give blood either because my iron is always too low. Also, outside of Ireland they think our blood is tainted by mad cow disease so they don't want it!

My Mum is AB too and my Dad isn't sure. He told me one day that he though was O but I told him if he wasn't either A or B then he wasn't actually my father. He hasn't said it since!

chickenbutt · 09-11-2011 03:12AM

B+, but no one ever wants my blood because of the places I travel to.

CrazyRabbit · 09-11-2011 03:29AM

The doctor says my blood type is HIV+. Apparently it's quite common these days.

I don't know what my PPS number is, nor my bank account details. And for some reason, after 11 years, I can still can't remember the first 4 digits on my credit card.

Oh, and I don't know where Wally is.

ziggy23 · 09-11-2011 07:00PM

O+ I only found out when I was pregnant. This thread just reminded me I should give blood. Can you just walk in or do you need an appointment?

smck99 · 09-11-2011 07:05PM

My blood type is IB positive......IB positive they aint stickin no needle in me!

**Timbuk2** · 09-11-2011 07:08PM

ziggy23 wrote: »

O+ I only found out when I was pregnant. This thread just reminded me I should give blood. Can you just walk in or do you need an appointment?

You can just walk in - where are you based? They have two permanent clinics in Dublin (D'Olier Street and Stillorgan).

I'm O+, so is my (non-identical) twin brother, and both my parents. Myself and my brother give blood every 90 days, usually in D'Olier street in Dublin!
O+ may be 'bog standard' in Ireland but because it's so common, they always need a good supply of it!

Did you know? (From the giveblood.ie website)
The most common blood group in Ireland is O positive (47% of the population)
The rarest blood group in Ireland is AB negative (1% of the population)
The most common blood group is O, accounting for about 46% of the world's population. However, in some areas other blood groups predominate, in Norway for example, type A is the most prevalent
People in the West of Ireland are predominantly of blood group O
There is a higher concentration of Group A blood in counties which historically received Viking, Anglo Norman and English population settlements
There are more people with Rhesus negative blood on the East coast than the West

ziggy23 · 09-11-2011 07:11PM

**Timbuk2** wrote: »

You can just walk in - where are you based? They have two permanent clinics in Dublin (D'Olier Street and Stillorgan).

I'm O+, so is my (non-identical) twin brother, and both my parents. Myself and my brother give blood every 90 days, usually in D'Olier street in Dublin!
O+ may be 'bog standard' in Ireland but because it's so common, they always need a good supply of it!

Did you know? (From the giveblood.ie website)
The most common blood group in Ireland is O positive (47% of the population)
The rarest blood group in Ireland is AB negative (1% of the population)
The most common blood group is O, accounting for about 46% of the world's population. However, in some areas other blood groups predominate, in Norway for example, type A is the most prevalent
People in the West of Ireland are predominantly of blood group O
There is a higher concentration of Group A blood in counties which historically received Viking, Anglo Norman and English population settlements
There are more people with Rhesus negative blood on the East coast than the West