I will never again . . . (Part 4)

[Darienne]

12 minutes ago, ElsieD said:

@Margaret Pilgrim  Hurts, doesn't it?  

 

Patrick Swayze said it best in that cinematic gem Roadhouse :  Pain don't hurt.

 

Are we going to match blood and injuries?

[Ddanno]

28 minutes ago, ElsieD said:

@Margaret Pilgrim  Hurts, doesn't it?  

That doesn't look too tasty

[KennethT]

1 hour ago, Margaret Pilgrim said:

Channelled@JoNorvelleWalker.    Putting out recycle for collection.    Adding a shopping bag crammed with newspapers.   Very heavy.    Lost control of it and rammed/grated arm against the hard plastic bin.    Peeled 1" x 3" section of skin from forearm like a banana.   Got inside and applied covering.   Changed into nightgown and robe.   Watched TV.    Finally around 10:30pm decided that bleeding was not abating.    Since. I'm on a heavy blood thinner regime, decided I'd better seek treatment.   Called Yellow Cab and went to St. Mary's ER, in bloody robe, making like Lady Macbeth.   Treated and home by midnight.  

 

Old lady skin is not to be trifled with!

Would a bandage impregnated with a hydrocolloid help with this?  https://www.walgreens.com/store/c/walgreens-hydrocolloid-gel-bandages-large/ID=300396760-product

[KennethT]

Or this:

https://www.walgreens.com/store/c/bleedstop-15g-powder-packs/ID=300407250-product

[MaryIsobel]

I too suffer from thin skin, what I have recently learned is called senile purpura. I swear if a butterfly lands on me, I will get a nasty looking bruise, Medical terms can definitely lay you low - senile? I was 35 when our twins were born and I was listed on the charts as an "eldery primigravida," 

[Margaret Pilgrim]

2 hours ago, Darienne said:

Did they stop the bleeding by meds put into you?   Do you have to give up the blood thinner for x number of days?  Are you OK more or less today?  Inquiring minds on blood thinners for the first time and currently in "blood" troubles want to know

 No heroic measures necessary.  They just applied nonstick gauze and pressure and sealed me up, giving me enough supplies for the next day change of bandage.   I ordered a slew of first aid products from Walmart yesterday which arrived today so I’m prepared for my next misadventure.

 

FYI, and for what it’s worth, I have had no side effects from the blood thinners.  Stabbing myself twice a day has been a bore but not painful.

[Margaret Pilgrim]

23 minutes ago, MaryIsobel said:

I too suffer from thin skin, what I have recently learned is called senile purpura. I swear if a butterfly lands on me, I will get a nasty looking bruise, Medical terms can definitely lay you low - senile? I was 35 when our twins were born and I was listed on the charts as an "eldery primigravida," 

Totally understand. I have so many bruises that I am always sequestered and grilled on any abuse situation I would like to discuss with them.

 

 

 

Edited 37 minutes ago by Margaret Pilgrim (log)

[Margaret Pilgrim]

2 hours ago, Ddanno said:

That doesn't look too tasty

Totally understand .   Do you have it under control and on the mend at this point?

[Darienne]

2 minutes ago, Margaret Pilgrim said:

Totally understand. I have so many bruises that I am always sequestered and grilled on any abuse situation I would like to discuss with them.

 

Count me in with this one.  My arms look as if they had gone to war, but then most of them belong in the blown IV port category and difficult response to a PICC line (peripherally inserted central catheter), a response to blowing IV ports.  Wot larks!

[Margaret Pilgrim]

Wot larks indeed!   It’s only my age that allows me any equilibrium.   I have to concede that I have lived many decades, unscathed.     Like Dorian Gray, A lot is coming home to roost.   I have a few quibbles.

 

 

[Darienne]

2 minutes ago, Margaret Pilgrim said:

Wot larks indeed!   It’s only my age that allows me any equilibrium.   I have to concede that I have lived many decades, unscathed.     Like Dorian Gray, A lot is coming home to roost.   I have a few quibbles.

 

 

Again I am with you.  I too have lived relatively unscathed for lo these many decades...but I've made up for it in major quibbles  this last year and a half.

[Margaret Pilgrim]

No, Darienne, in recent months, perhaps years you have been living under a plague equalling Job’s.   My  complaints are in no way a comparison.

Edited 4 minutes ago by Margaret Pilgrim (log)