Last night I listened to an interesting local story on our local TV station. The story mentioned that free health screenings would be held today at a town 16 miles from where I live. Because free blood tests are always a good thing, I decided to give it a try. I dressed in what I call " Old Lady Casual". I wore plain women's jeans, new women's white socks, white women's tie canvas shoes, and a pastel aqua T shirt. I always wear my hair in a feminine style but I had curled the sides and back. I wore day casual makeup with no lipstick. I didn't announce that I was female but I left the gender boxes empty on the initial forms. If they clocked me as male then so be it. They didn't.
The first station was for a BP check. I was nervous but my numbers were good. A staff member was getting ready to take a picture of the first station personnel. She said," I'll get the picture while she has her back to me so I won't have to get her permission." Well, I guess that they all figured out that I am a woman, which is true but not legal. Next station was for a blood draw. That is for three more tests. Then they gave me a cute zippered pouch to put in my purse. It was filled with things like band-aids and aspirin. As I left, the nurse said that the results would be ready in a week. So today I received confirmation and then next week I'll get the test results. It's always wonderful to be taken for the woman that I really am. Leanne
and a free check up.
