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MonicaJade
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« on: March 29, 2018, 04:28:23 PM »

After I was on the list, they sent me a letter saying I was elligible for an A Blood Type kidney if I was interested. My blood type is B-. I just needed to go to a class about it at the transplant center and sign the papers. I learned about what all the different blood types could do, but I can’t remember the details well enough to post, because I may get it wrong. But B- is the rarest and takes the longest to get a kidney. If I get an A kidney, I might need something a little bit like dialysis but it would only take 30 minutes. That’s if the teeters weren’t right or something, but it’s the same risk of rejection as a B- kidney. So I signed up, so maybe I will end up with an A kidney.

Has anyone else been offered this option? I was just interested.
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« Reply #1 on: March 30, 2018, 06:57:02 AM »

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But B- is the rarest
I think the  +/- does not matter for transplant.    Counting both + & - , B is 11% of the population.   4% for combined AB +/-.

https://www.livescience.com/36559-common-blood-type-donation.html
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