Doctor Google Is Out Of The Office. Nurse Google, However…

I suffer from a high red blood cell count, so my doctor recommends donating blood. I go to the donation center, but while filling out the paperwork, I see that one of the prescriptions that defers you is similar to one of my prescriptions. I quickly Google the difference and see that I’m probably safe to donate, but I don’t want to rely on Dr. Google.

I approach the intake nurse.

Me: “Excuse me, this says that isotretinoin is disqualifying. I’m on tretinoin, which I know is different, but I don’t want to cause a miscarriage or something. Can you confirm that I can donate?”

The nurse pulls up Google in front of me.

Intake Nurse: “You’re on the cream, not the oral form, right? Yeah, it should be safe.”

This isn’t the first time I’ve had this experience, but it’s the first time I was asking about someone else’s safety, so I hope she was right!