you may feel a little prick

They didn't warn you about what a festering scar the TB jab would leave; I mean as if it wasn't bad enough that some friends had got away with not having to endure it thanks to their reaction to the test vaccination. Buggers.
 

Everything was fine until about a week later when the mark refused to go away - sitting there in an arrogant fashion on my arm. A year, five years, ten years, fifteen years later it was still there.

Small, pink, lumpy and fleshy - it'll stay with me for the rest of my life.

VR

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