Jerry Zezima: You're so vein
Published in Lifestyles
Romance is in my blood. And I recently proved it by taking my wife for bloodwork.
On our anniversary.
It was the most romantic thing I have done for Sue since I took her to a landfill on our anniversary four years ago. I’m surprised she didn’t leave me there.
It’s a good thing she didn’t because I wanted this latest expression of love to be in vein, not in vain, which is why I was inspired to be a blood donor.
I used to give blood regularly. In fact, I donated so often that I was a member of the Gallon Club, signifying that I had given a gallon of blood, though not all at once, which would have made me even dizzier than usual.
I stopped donating a dozen years ago, when I was two years away from turning 60, because I didn’t think anyone would want old blood, even though it was fortified with red wine, which has been medically proven to be good for the heart.
But I decided to go with the flow again when I saw my physician, Dr. Sanjay Sangwan, who had ordered bloodwork for me.
“Your results are perfect,” he said.
“I took my wife for bloodwork on our anniversary,” I told him.
“On our anniversary,” Dr. Sangwan said, “my wife said she wanted to go to a restaurant where you can watch them prepare your meal in front of you. So I took her to Subway.”
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