Interesting factoid about bruising

[sparkindarkness]

It hurts soon after getting bruises.

But that's nothing compared to the morning after.

Go to bed with bruises, wake up the next morning... then try to MOVE...

ARGH SOMEONE HAS REPLACED ALL MY MUSCLES WITH ROUGHLY SANDED BLOCKS OF WOOD! OWWWWW!

I am told that the above being screamed at high volume is not a good alarm clock, even for morning people - beloved was not amused.

Oh and MENTAL NOTE: If bruised muscles make you even more lazy than usual so you just drop things on the floor for sympathtic boyfriends to pick up it is important to remember that a) he is laughing at your pain, not comiserating and probably not picking anything up and b) where you dropped the hair brush - ESPECIALLY when you are walking around in bare feet.

Some mornings you just want to go back to bed - the day is clearly out to get you

Comments

[being-here.livejournal.com]

Ow. Have you tried sniffing piteously? That sometimes works.

What did the doc say?

[sparkindarkness.livejournal.com]

He's unsympathetic because I won't take pain meds - he'll give me meds if I sniffle

I lazily forgot to go... I'll make an appointment for this weekend when I
have more time ... *guilt*

well, yes.

[loralai.livejournal.com]

It hurts soon after getting bruises.

mmm... ~nods sagely~ have you tried poking at them yet? you know, just to make sure that the wood is sanded at all? and prod them experimentally ever once in a while just to remind yourself they're there? or am i the only one that perverse? n/m.

Re: well, yes.

[sparkindarkness.livejournal.com]

you keep looking and prodding because bruises sound so MINOR and you forget that owie, they hurt

Re: well, yes.

[loralai.livejournal.com]

and then, you have to poke them again, just to be sure that they really did hurt that much!

...i may have to question my IQ scores. because, based on this peice of evidence, i should be scoring a lot lower than i do.

Re: well, yes.

[kitsuken.livejournal.com]

No, that's a sign of an inquisitive mind.

At least, that's what I tell myself :p

Re: well, yes.

[loralai.livejournal.com]

heh. i'm told that i'm just stubborn. my answer is that i am scientifically testing the ammount of time it takes to heal through experimentation.

[tinimaus.livejournal.com]

Aieee. I once managed to twang myself in the arm with a bowstring. I got quite childishly fascinated with the incredible colours that bruise turned into. And the size of it - from wrist to elbow.

Since this was an accident involving a car, have you had yourself checked out by a doctor? Also, if you are going to sue the pants of this woman, what about photographing the bruises?

[sparkindarkness.livejournal.com]

I'm going to the docs this weekend when I have more time.

This bruise kind of covers my lower chest and abdomen as well as my back where I hit the tarmac. And my knee, somehow. Must have clunked it on the way down. The doc weill take notes

[baranduyn.livejournal.com]

You are going to scare that 4x4 driving bint, yeah? I mean, hitting someone with the car is rude, but she probably doesn't care. Imparting in that clotted cream-laden brain the idea that the person she hit could be a solicitor might eventually save lives.

Well, no. Might aggravate her though.

[sparkindarkness.livejournal.com]

Scare her? Nah. Sue her? Yes.

[baranduyn.livejournal.com]

Scare her? Nah. Sue her? Yes.

I worship you. I use my very special Harry Potter icon in tribute.

[sparkindarkness.livejournal.com]

heeee :)

[thisdaydreamer.livejournal.com]

Yes bruises do hurt. I've been limping for two weeks now and I'm tired of it.

[sparkindarkness.livejournal.com]

evil evil evil things

[ladydyani.livejournal.com]

Get out the digital camera and photograph EVERYTHING! And make sure the police have copies.

[sparkindarkness.livejournal.com]

I'll get the doctor to do it and make official reports

[kitsuken.livejournal.com]

Nice warm bath usually helps with bruising. or if nothing else you'll get a nice hot bath

Oh, and pain meds don't work often, at least the usual asprin/paracetamol ones (I'm sure morphine would work just fine, I just doubt you'd get it for bruising), not on bruising anyway. It's like going from cold water to hot water suddenly, you find you can't take a temperature you *could* take if you went gradually. Now imagine the over the counter lowering the temperature of the water. The hot might be a little cooler, but so is the cold, so the jumps just the same, so still not pleasant.

that's what I found with bruising from martial arts anyway, and if nothing else explaining it that way might get a bit more sympathy (backrubs can do wonders for muscle bruising ;p)

[loralai.livejournal.com]

tiger balm. it's all about tiger balm. and the real stuff too, none of that re-mixed, menthalated sports crap.

tiger balm is the official cure-all of my grandmother (and of most people from the Canton area of China at least. China's big. i can't vote for all of it). sprained wrist, bruise, scrape, mosquito bite, lopped off diget? go to the tiger balm. (heh, my ex-marine friend tells me that that's all the first aid they get there too. he still swears by it, so it can't just work for the asians...)

[sparkindarkness.livejournal.com]

Baaaath

I don't do meds. Ever. I'm quite stubborn about it.

[allthepettylies.livejournal.com]

Thats awful.

I send you eflowers and candy.

[loralai.livejournal.com]

e-candy or real-candy? because, you know, if it's good chocolates, i ~sniff~ happen to have ~snifflesniff~ twisted an ankle today...~pout~

[sparkindarkness.livejournal.com]

chocolate? *leaps on chocolate* You cna have the liquoriche :)

[sparkindarkness.livejournal.com]

it is.

Thank you :)