Malcolm Needs ☆ Posted September 3, 2012 Share Posted September 3, 2012 This sounds like a boast, but it isn't meant like that at all.We've had some really great samples in in the last month (or just under).1 x anti-Lan.1 x anti-k.1 x Oh.1 x anti-Gya.1 x anti-Joa.Kudos to Joyce Poole and Nicole Thornton (who has taken over from Joyce, since Joyce retired) and their team for identifying the anti-Lan, the anti-Gya and the anti-Joa for us, because they foxed us - although we should have got the anti-Lan ourselves (black mark for me there).I love working in red cell immunohaematology at NHSBT-Tooting Centre. We have such a great ethnic mix of patients that we see all sorts of antibodies that most people wouldn't see in their entire professional career. I am so lucky.Right - that's me confirmed as a nerd then, if that fact wasn't already confirmed!!!!!!!!!!!! saralm88 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mabel Adams Posted September 3, 2012 Share Posted September 3, 2012 I suspect that anyone who is a regular on this site probably earns some nerd points. As for me, I'm happy to be a nerd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eagle Eye Posted September 4, 2012 Share Posted September 4, 2012 me too. There is not a single day I go to sleep without visiting my favourite site!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcolm Needs ☆ Posted September 4, 2012 Author Share Posted September 4, 2012 Phew; it's not just me then!!!!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Pepper Posted September 4, 2012 Share Posted September 4, 2012 I'm happy and proud to be a nerd as well. From time to time at a family get-together my doctor daughter and I will be talking about one medical thing or another and we'll hear "Whoop! Whoop!" and turn to see our other daughter who says "Nerd alert!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMcCord Posted September 4, 2012 Share Posted September 4, 2012 Nerd, yes...but I prefer to think of myself as the Antibody Queen. And that's why we love this forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeanne.wall Posted September 4, 2012 Share Posted September 4, 2012 What a great group of nerds! I'm proud to be counted!:cool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deny Morlino Posted September 4, 2012 Share Posted September 4, 2012 At best I count myself as a nerd want-to-be as I have too much to still learn! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcolm Needs ☆ Posted September 4, 2012 Author Share Posted September 4, 2012 At best I count myself as a nerd want-to-be as I have too much to still learn!Haven't we all Deny, haven't we all!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Saikin Posted September 4, 2012 Share Posted September 4, 2012 I love this site . . . and all you posters too. Guess that makes me a nerd too (I hope). . . . and for what it is worth, Malcolm, I wish I could come and hang at your place for awhile . . . I'm certain that my BB IQ would increase exponentially. Thanks for all you do for all of us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Likewine99 Posted September 5, 2012 Share Posted September 5, 2012 Count me in with you nerds, please. I was a nerd back when being a nerd was NOT a cool thing. I too check this site daily. Don't want to miss anything nerdy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liz Posted September 5, 2012 Share Posted September 5, 2012 I was never a nerd.. have I become one? hehehe, please define nerd "today" or what are the prerequisites to become a nerd? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GAFFER Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 I was never a nerd.. have I become one? hehehe, please define nerd "today" or what are the prerequisites to become a nerd?We had an anti-Jr(a) in a sample at our reference centre a few years ago and that was quite exciting......???Nerd Alert??? I usually visit this site a few times a week and gain new knowledge each visit! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KKidd Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 It doesn't even take a rare antibody to get me excited about the work that we do. There is always something to get my juices flowing. I love explaining the the little things that make blood bank so interesting to my techs. I guess that really makes me a BB nerd and proud to be one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abdulhameed Al-Attas Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 I enjoy learning as I also have too much to still learn from this wonderful Site. Although I am still striving to become a BloodBank Talk nerd,I am not one yet, so please count me in with your wanna be Nerds.I love this site.........and all of us we love you David Saikin and also our Professor Malcolm Needs.I love this site . . . and all you posters too. Guess that makes me a nerd too (I hope). . . . and for what it is worth, Malcolm, I wish I could come and hang at your place for awhile . . . I'm certain that my BB IQ would increase exponentially. Thanks for all you do for all of us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DPruden Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 This sounds like a boast, but it isn't meant like that at all.We've had some really great samples in in the last month (or just under).1 x anti-Lan.1 x anti-k.1 x Oh.1 x anti-Gya.1 x anti-Joa.Kudos to Joyce Poole and Nicole Thornton (who has taken over from Joyce, since Joyce retired) and their team for identifying the anti-Lan, the anti-Gya and the anti-Joa for us, because they foxed us - although we should have got the anti-Lan ourselves (black mark for me there).I love working in red cell immunohaematology at NHSBT-Tooting Centre. We have such a great ethnic mix of patients that we see all sorts of antibodies that most people wouldn't see in their entire professional career. I am so lucky.Right - that's me confirmed as a nerd then, if that fact wasn't already confirmed!!!!!!!!!!!!What a fun month--amazing mix of antibodies!! I too am a confirmed nerd (always have been), and happy to own it! And to quote Bill Gates-"Be nice to the nerds-Chances are you will end up working for one." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liz Posted September 7, 2012 Share Posted September 7, 2012 I love this site . . . and all you posters too. Guess that makes me a nerd too (I hope). . . . and for what it is worth, Malcolm, I wish I could come and hang at your place for awhile . . . I'm certain that my BB IQ would increase exponentially. Thanks for all you do for all of us.Good idea Dave, let us all go and hang out for a while at Malcolm's. :clap:that would be fun with a big mixture of BB discussions. Can you imagine!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcolm Needs ☆ Posted September 7, 2012 Author Share Posted September 7, 2012 I, for one, would love it!!!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deny Morlino Posted September 7, 2012 Share Posted September 7, 2012 It would be great and I would increase my knowledge 100 fold, but I suspect my brain would hurt!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rh-fan Posted September 7, 2012 Share Posted September 7, 2012 Two days ago I saw Malcolm list of antibodies, and at first there was a little bit envy ( why dont we see such nice antibodies in one month).But...Today we have a patient that is D+C- and has made an anti C + D. We tested the cells and the G antigen is negative.18 years ago we have found such a patient for the fist and teh last time.So, I am very, very, very, happy :D Beside a Rh fan I am also an Rh nerd. Happy to join the club. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eoin Posted September 7, 2012 Share Posted September 7, 2012 My most exciting antibody was years ago in Oz - an anti-Gerbich in a New Guinea native woman. VERY exciting - OMG - don't tell me I'm like all you other nerds!!!!!!!CheersEoin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcolm Needs ☆ Posted September 7, 2012 Author Share Posted September 7, 2012 My most exciting antibody was years ago in Oz - an anti-Gerbich in a New Guinea native woman. VERY exciting - OMG - don't tell me I'm like all you other nerds!!!!!!!CheersEoinSorry, but YEP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianD Posted October 28, 2012 Share Posted October 28, 2012 i'm feeling pretty fortunate, lately. no exceptionally unusual abs. i did get asked to help prepare anti-bat serum. yes, bat---the flying, echo-locating kind.step one: get a bat..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMcCord Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 i'm feeling pretty fortunate, lately. no exceptionally unusual abs. i did get asked to help prepare anti-bat serum. yes, bat---the flying, echo-locating kind.step one: get a bat.....Very appropriate for the time of year...Halloween. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aafrin Posted November 1, 2012 Share Posted November 1, 2012 I enjoy learning as I also have too much to still learn from this wonderful Site. Although I am still striving to become a BloodBank Talk nerd,I am not one yet, so please count me in with your wanna be Nerds.I love this site.........and all of us we love you David Saikin and also our Professor Malcolm Needs.I wholeheartedly agreeI don't think I qualify as a nerd, at least not now. I have a long way to go, but I am learning new things, getting help from all the discussions that are ongoing. Also I still haven't found a really exciting elusive antibody that many of you all have - but we did have one A3 blood group and one Ax blood group in the last few months.Yes, do count me in one of your wannabes!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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