"What'd you do to your arm?"

A colleague asked me that today after I came in after IVIG.

I could have used it as a teaching moment and probably should have, now that I'm thinking about it.

I could have told her about having a PIDD and what it means and how I essentially got a new donor-provided immune system today. I could have told her how important it is that people donate plasma and how beneficial it is for people to do so regularly. I could have let her know that I don't miss work because I'm flaky or a hypochondriac.

But...

I just told her I had a blood draw. I guess I did, so they could check my IgG levels, but that's not the primary reason for the bandage on my arm.

Oh well, I suppose.