It's Friday, March 1, 2024. This month's Dover's Blog is personal and just as important to me as my usual sharing of personal philosophies, beliefs, and opinions.
It's not a long post.
I am sharing what I believe to be a milestone in my life.
It's an event I consider genuinely significant.
For over 30 years, I have had this demon lurking in the back of my mind: do I have the human form of BSE - Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (Mad Cow Disease) - Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease?
Will it suddenly manifest for some unknown, unusual reason at some point in my life?
Will I go mad?
Is it gradually manifesting - seeping into my thoughts, my words, and my behavior?
Has it already manifested in my writing? (Buy and read my books - YOU be the judge!)
For the last 30 years, I have been on the BANNED list for donating blood.
Because I lived in England during a period in British history where Mad Cow Disease appeared, and because I consumed British beef during this time period, my blood was categorized as potentially hazardous.
So, to be on the safe side, my blood has been locked in a forbidden zone.
NO DONATING.
30 years.
I almost stopped into a tattoo shop and had this tattoo inked onto my leg:
However... all of that miraculously changed this past week!
I have now been cleared and deemed an acceptable candidate for the donation of blood!
Can you imagine the strange feeling I now have?
Not feeling like a biological hazard to the world?
That I now have the option of donating my blood, which in turn, could actually benefit humanity?
Remotely?
Possibly?
So... if any of you need a pint, please feel free to let me know.
If you dare!
Here's a link to my Author Page in Amazon.
But be careful: reading my work could be dangerously contagious!