An Opportunity Lost

Okay.... so I went to hospital today , to give blood? And I , like, well, went to the front desk and told them I was there to give blood? And she gives me, like, this buzzer and told me to wait over there? "Geez", I'm thinking, "I don't remember having to do this before". Ten minutes later another lady tells me that, no, I really don't have to sit here and wait for a buzzer. But the nice lady gave me a $5 gift certificate at the gift store for waiting when I didn't have to (and not yelling at her, prolly)

Anyway, got to the lab, drank their bottle of water, and started filling out their yes/no form.

In the last month have you had any innoculations or shots? yes....no

Hmmm , maybe... "Do numbing shots count?" , I asked. I had gone to the dermatologist a couple weeks ago and she took some biopsies. "Were they okay?" the nurse asked. I had to admit that one had been a basil cell cancer. When she asked if there was anything else they planned to do and I told her that they were going to cut some more from around it, she told me that I couldn't give blood if I wasn't done with the whole thingy. Oh well.

I went back to the lab waiting area to get my coat. One of the guys there asked me why I couldn't give, so I explained the situation. As I was getting out of the car at home, I thought , dang! I missed this great opportunity! I should have told them I'd had unprotected sex with a Jamacan druggie who just got out of juvie. Dang!