Yesterday I donated platelets for the last time this year. I've been asking for months, "Will I be able to donate again after I've traveled to Peru?" Every time the answer has been, "I don't know. But I'll try to find out for you." And that's the last I heard until the next time I was there to ask again, when the dance would start again.
But I finally got my answer. Apparently the Red Cross has one person who has the "risky countries" memorized and she was on duty yesterday. When I asked about Peru she said, "That depends. What part of Peru are you going to?" I told her it was Lima and Cusco. [Aside: there are other places in Peru worth seeing?]
"Oh, then you won't be able to donate again for a year. Malaria risk."
"In
Lima?" I asked, nonplussed.
"Yes. Just because it's an urban area doesn't mean you won't bring the disease back."
Wow. Okay, then.
And now ... I want you all to lie to me and tell me you'll miss me. When I leave on Thursday. And when I don't come back for 9 days.
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Originally Posted by Sock Puppet
But I already have Marillion's "Incommunicado" running through my head nonstop (all because of one damned line, "I'm a citizen of Legoland, travelin' incommunicado ...").
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I don't know that guy. (For that matter, who are you?) But I have "incommunicado"--just the word--in my head every since I learned my phone + Sprint doesn't support international calling. So I will be ... in-co-mune-o-ka-dough!