The NERVE!

Wouldn't Al just get a kick out of me!

The small person staring at me in total amazement (or amusement... hard to tell) is my nephew. He's 21 now, so you can see how long ago this picture was taken. I was off to a birthday party with a 1940's theme.

So, ANOTHER ultrasound later, it turns out that I DO have a deep vein thrombosis, but not from the blood donation. It's old. Probably when I fell off the ladder in 1999 and broke or damaged a lot of stuff. The needle abomination only (!) caused nerve damage, which still persists. No one has told me what to do about that, but I think it's a case of get better or not.

This donation is costing me a lot of money!

and..

I'm supposed to do it again next week...

I think I need a laudanum fizz first...