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"Yesterday I finally had my blood drawn to be shipped to Oregon for my PCR test (to determine whether my cancer is still MIA...and whether Nick and I can start seriously talking about baby #2). After taking lots of blood, the phlebotomist put a big mound of gauze in the bend of my arm and wrapped it with white tape. I was wearing a tank top so there was nothing covering what was covering my battle wound. And, because it was still bleeding, I couldn&amp;#x27;t remove the gauze. But I had errands to run. I had to rush to the UPS store to ship the blood and to the gas station (grrr) and the wine store (for a gift, I swear!) and, well, everywhere I went people looked at my arm and then looked at me kind of funny. Like I was an escaped hospital patient or a drug addict or something. When I went to Carvel (yes, I bought myself an ice cream cone after my blood test--it hurt!), the man hooking up my soft-serve chocolate with extra chocolate crunchies actually asked me about it. &amp;quot;Did you have a blood test today?&amp;quot; he said with a little down-turned smile. Gheesh! I suddenly felt like that kid in fourth grade who goes to the Emergency Room for a sprained ankle and wears the hospital band around his wrist for the next week. But believe me, I was not looking for attention. So, was it inappropriate? Was it unhygienic? Should I have gone home and put a jacket on before I went in public? Ugh. What do you guys do in this situation?"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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