Chixe

Yes I know my blood type. I didn't know it upon request until I went into the Military.

Most people should know their own blood type for medical reasons.

I do. I found mine out when I donated blood to the American Red Cross in High School. It's very important to know your blood type for medical reasons, but it shouldn't take long to test for it even if you don't know it and it's an emergency.

I just checked my Blood Donor Card, my blood type is O-Positive.

I only found out very recently when I started donating blood. It was something I was always very conscious of the fact that I didn't know but was too lazy to find out. I'm much happier now that I know it.

I don't. I saw the episode of Lost when nobody else knew and I thought, 'hm, should I figure it out?'

In Japan, everyone knows their blood type.

I have no idea what my blood type is.

hmmmm...maybe I can look it up on the interwebs.

Definitely have no idea what mine is and my mom is always telling me to go donate blood so this might be my excuse for finally doing it. So sad.

Here's something interesting for all you folks who haven't yet procreated: When you become a parent, your blood type becomes a very important piece of information. That's because if one parent is RH negative and the other is RH positive, the baby can have an RH factor that doesn't match the mother's and that can be a dangerous thing for the baby while in utero. This potential problem can be prevented (they give you a shot) but it's still something you need to know, so you can get that shot. So, there you have it, one reason you might someday need to know your blood type!

By the way, that's interesting Michael, about people in Japan knowing their blood type. I wonder why that is?

Actually lily the Japan part was a subtle reference to anime culture, and how fans are obsessed with small little details like blood type.

The tradition actually begins in the old days of manga. Charactes in manga are given "statistics" pages in which obsessed fans (no I'm not kidding) could learn things about a particular character: height, weight, blood type or favorite school subject.

And it's also because native Japanese people are obsessed with little tid bits of heath information but it is amazing to see how very few people know their own blood type in the States.

I'm A positive...basic. I didnt know mine until I had elective surgery a couple years ago....I always thought I was unique ={

O negative, making me a universal donor. But not a universal recipient, how lousy is that?

I have the red kind.
I never asked what my type was, I think I should.