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Epykat · Post by **Epykat** » 31 May 2007, 12:16

GRANTY wrote:Don't worry, I'll take care of you all. I've got the magic 0- blood and give every 12 weeks. This has earned me all sorts of wee badges, a christmas tree bauble and an easter egg by way of thanks.

I'm in the magic O- category too and used to give blood regularly to badge level until my BP started to do funny things and now they won't let me either

GRANTY · Post by **GRANTY** » 31 May 2007, 18:10

I thought that only 12% of the population have O- blood. I'm one, so's my brother and the rest seem to live in Porty!! A new phenomena

Ali

Dadaist · Post by **Dadaist** » 31 May 2007, 18:11

O neg here too

GRANTY · Post by **GRANTY** » 31 May 2007, 18:13

This is weird

Black Mamba · Post by **Black Mamba** » 31 May 2007, 18:26

I usualy give blood, but have been banned for a year (low iron levels)

Maria · Post by **Maria** » 31 May 2007, 18:33

Granty wrote:I thought that only 12% of the population have O- blood. I'm one, so's my brother and the rest seem to live in Porty!! A new phenomena

Ali

I may be wrong, but I think bellybabe is O- too

Me? I'm an A+ of course!

ecm · Post by **ecm** » 31 May 2007, 19:33

I wonder how many folks are turned away because of borderline iron levels?

I didn't even bother going along to the last couple of sessions that my work organised for the staff.
I'll certainly go along next time and just bully/shame them into letting me bleed for them.

oh, and since we're sharing blood groups, I'm AB rhesus positive D according to my card.

Epykat · Post by **Epykat** » 31 May 2007, 22:34

GRANTY wrote:I thought that only 12% of the population have O- blood. I'm one, so's my brother and the rest seem to live in Porty!! A new phenomena

Ali

Both Epykittens are negative too, although one is A and one is 0. In the olden days it could cause serious problems for pregnancies but now in the event of your offspring being the opposite, you get your wee shot of anti-D and you're right as rain

foxy · Post by **foxy** » 01 Jun 2007, 00:05

I'm O neg too so is one of my daughters and the other is A neg

Its a sore one that anti D... right in the buttock/hip if I remember correctly...you also have to have it if you miscarry, just in case....ouch

Years ago, I used to go every 12 weeks at a time when they had a desperate need for rh neg donors for leukemia patients and because they only needed one part of the blood, the red cells I presume, they took it out and spun it thought a centrifugal (sp) force and gave you back the rest that they didn't need...fascinating

nads · Post by **nads** » 01 Jun 2007, 07:08

O- here too, had 3 anti D injections with Logan 1 in bum and 1 in arm when pregnant ouch!! and I got another one when he was born as he had different blood, got that in the bum also but funnily enough it didn't hurt

would like to give blood though, keep looking for the van on the high street.

Poppy · Post by **Poppy** » 01 Jun 2007, 07:13

nads wrote: the van on the high street.

You'll see them outside the town hall! Usually advertised in pharmacies - and you can see the timetable on their scotblood website.

SoupDragon · Post by **SoupDragon** » 01 Jun 2007, 09:40

wow seems we have higher than average count of universal donors.
Not me though, O +ve, Mr Soup A +ve
Clanger 2 O+ve
likely that most Clangers are O +ve as well though by law of averages at least one should be A=ve

Poppy · Post by **Poppy** » 18 Nov 2007, 18:39

On at the Town Hall tomorrow!!

14:30-16:00 and 17:30-20:00

Maria · Post by **Maria** » 16 Mar 2008, 21:58

The next Blood Donor Session is tomorrow Monday 17 at the Town Hall. Sessions run from 14.30 - 16.00 and then again from 17.30 - 20.00.

BeachBum · Post by **BeachBum** » 16 Mar 2008, 22:13

Or people could just nip into the donor centre up at Lauriston Place which is what I do.

Ive just been and got the times off the website where you can pop in;

Mon & Fri: 10am-4pm
Tues, Wed & Thurs: 12pm-7.30pm
Sat: 10am-1pm

The centre is very handy incase you arent free on the days they come to Porty.

Poppy · Post by **Poppy** » 22 Mar 2009, 00:06

Next Portobello session is on 23rd March - Monday (not Tuesday as I said when I first posted

) - in Town Hall.

14:30 to 16:00
17:30 to 20:00

And again on 22 July!!

14:30 to 16:00
17:30 to 20:00

GRANTY · Post by **GRANTY** » 22 Mar 2009, 11:32

I hope to see all my 0- buddies tomorrow at the 5.30 session. I think I might be due another wee badge

BeachBum · Post by **BeachBum** » 22 Mar 2009, 12:05

I don enjoy giving blood. Well not so much the giving blood stage as thats rather mundane, its more the vast choice of biscuits you are offered afterwards. At the centre anyways, not sure about the mobile road shows.

Addition: Im o+ btw.

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