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Originally posted by secret titan
Type O negative here. It's the one truely universal type. I used to give blood, but I can't now. I have to wait at least a year.
Edit to add: I believe that O positive can donate to only the Rh positive types.
Originally posted by TheDuckster
O Negative?
I thought it was O Positive Anxiety?
NOTE: Recent Blood research indicates that where, at one time, a person with type O negative Blood was considered to be a 'universal donor,' this may no longer be correct, because of a better understanding of the complex issues of immune reactions related to incompatible donor Blood cells.
Originally posted by TheDuckster
to people, to contribute their own blood, prior to any surgeries.
~Ducky~