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December 11, 2005
What type are you?
I still remember some of my first blood test. I was in 7th grade and our science teacher gave all of us blood tests. She'd take the lancet, stab our fingers, and have us put our blood on the litmus paper.
Or so I've heard. I remember the blood pumping in my skull and her strong cool hand immobilizing my arm. She stabbed my finger, I looked at my own blood, and I basically passed out. I'm fine with everyone else gouting blood, just not my own. I recall sitting in one of the chairs, bandaid on my finger. While I was woozy, she still had checked my blood. Seriously experienced science teachers are accustomed to unconscious students, I guess.
Fortunately for everyone else, I'm O positive. I'm one of those lucky universal donors. A, B, AB can all take my blood, and I'm sure they'll enjoy its zesty richness. However, I think I can only receive from another O. In the world of blood baseball, essentially I'm a pitcher, and everyone else is a catcher. I'm not even going into the gay analogies.
Posted by G at December 11, 2005 10:57 AM
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I forget what type I am....
I just dug out my last blood lab work and I see that I have good testosterone levels, but it doesn't say anything about bllod type.
Isn't that odd?
Cheers,
Posted by: Mr. HK at December 11, 2005 05:24 PM
I think the Red Cross still employs the policy of prohibiting gay-sex blood donation, along with other prohibitions, like living in England or Africa, or weighing under 116 pounds, that sorta nonsense.
Posted by: J at December 11, 2005 10:36 PM
I'm b-.
Posted by: Lee at December 11, 2005 11:10 PM
Isn't it weird to remember the world pre-AIDS crisis? I remember type-testing my blood in 6th grade too. That would never happen now. Sigh.
Posted by: Helen at December 12, 2005 10:51 AM
I like to think of my blood as very highly rated: A+
:-)
Hey, Lee, you're B-? Wow, I think that's a rare one. Do you feel special? ;-)
Posted by: Jess at December 12, 2005 12:25 PM
Type A-neg here.
Does this mean you'll donate for me? Woohoo!
Posted by: palochi at December 12, 2005 02:45 PM
I'm A+
Posted by: homer at December 12, 2005 10:20 PM
ZESTY RICHNESS. Still giggling here.
I really ought to know my blood type, since I had that bad bout of anemia a few years ago, and have had SO many vials of it taken and tested and studied. I've been told several times what it is, but I don't remember.
I wonder what that says about me?
Posted by: MzOuiser at December 13, 2005 08:53 AM
I'm B-positive, which is what I always aspire to do.
Posted by: kayo at December 13, 2005 06:51 PM
I'm A+, which always sounds like a good grade.
Posted by: Eric at December 14, 2005 08:00 AM
O negative. is that weird? am i okay? no one seems to have that one... i hope i never need blood... will any other flavor work for me?
Posted by: Spencer at December 16, 2005 02:47 AM