If you have ever had blood drawn at ANY doctor's office (which is 1000% likely since you are type1) your blood type, as well as your HIV status are not only in your records, every doctor and hospital has access to the info.
I have had my blood drawn by my current practitioner many times, and she doesn't have that information. She asked me if I knew it, which is what got me started thinking about it...If you have ever had blood drawn at ANY doctor's office (which is 1000% likely since you are type1) your blood type, as well as your HIV status are not only in your records, every doctor and hospital has access to the info.
You are just being 'too nice' in how you are asking about it.
They work for us, and will do whatever you make them do.
She wants you to tell her because she is too lazy to go thru the red tape to get it from the companies that processed your blood sample.
They know.
. Fortunately I could answer questions.
No CDL here, I can't pass the physical.She wants you to tell her because she is too lazy to go thru the red tape to get it from the companies that processed your blood sample.
Also if you have had a CDL blood type was tied in with it at the DMV.
We need some EMT guys like @Haertig to weigh in with 'the rest of the story'.
If they can positively ID you, they can give you a transfusion of the correct blood type in minutes.
They did me. No test or tag needed
And I am only alive today because of it.
Sorry for my bad attitude but that is just being lazy on their part to save them from having to make a damphone call or 2.
That's exactly what the test I ordered from amazon was. 4 drops of blood and a drop of reagent mixed in with each one. Took less than 2 minutes and cost all of $8. I can't imagine how much a lab would probably charge for the same workup...
When the insurance is paying, charge all you can!
That's true! My family has some decent medical issues, so we always hit our deductible and usually hit the out of pocket max for my wife - even on our high deductible HSA plan. Once we do it's a relief to not have to worry about how much things cost and to be able to do things like get new Epi Pens where the deductible is usually astronomical.
I'm stuck at work trying to look busy for the next 5.5 hours while I think about all the stuff I could be doing at home right now.
Many years ago I decided that I wanted to know my blood type. I was at the doctor's office and when they were doing something with my chart I asked what it was. It was there, on the chart. Now for them to be giving you the run around, I wonder why? It is your blood type. What difference does it make to them if you know it? Trust me, it is in your records somewhere. For them to say it isn't is baloney.
I've got 50 to plant, but I'm waiting until the snow storm is over.
My dad was AB, I'm B+! Rare, and women should not have positive blood types!
Only matters if you are pregnant, mom and baby must have both positive or negative.
I wonder if it is done for women when they are pregnant because of potential issues with pregnancy.
It has been suggested to me that I should wear a medical bracelet that says my blood type. I don't know enough about it, or forgot it if I did.
Not sure, will check into that, I'm curious!
I'm O negative. So everybody wants my blood. The "universal donor". I believe they usually try to match recipients with donor blood that is their specific type. But if times are tough, and supplies low, they can grab the O negative.
They are going to cross and type match your blood before giving you a transfusion, no matter what your bracelet says. The only benefit to a bracelet is probably if it says "O negative". That way they know you are the first one to grab and suck dry to help others in a low supply situation. And that's a benefit to them, not to you.
Yep, most definitely. I'm A- and had to get the shot after each pregnancy (I forget what it's called).
Yes, this is why it is important for women to know, and also for to know their husbands.
Or at least their consorts'.
heehee He's my kinda ornery 
