OT: "The Bruise"

Jan 02, 2007 7 Replies

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Jere Williams 19 years ago

My poor daughter -- on New Year's Eve, she was cleaning house for a small party they were having that evening, and decided to change the filter in the air intake to her heating unit. This filter is in the floor, in the doorway leading into her bedroom.

She took off the metal grate, and then got distracted by her dogs. Of course she forgot what she'd been doing, and went about her business with other things, eventually -- you guessed it -- walking into her bedroom.

Of course the filter (filthy dirty filter, I might add) didn't hold her weight, and she plunged through the hole, stopping when her hip hit the side, full force.

She was there alone, except for the animals (3 doggies, 3 cats), who didn't help much, except that the cats tried to investigate and kept trying to jump into the hole as DD shrieked multiple obscenities.

She came over to my house for lunch today and showed me the bruise. Ouch, ouch, and OUCH. That sucker is the size of a very large canteloupe, and is a deep purple with rosy red highlights.

And this poor kid is just 32. I can't imagine what she'll be walking into by the time she's my age!

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lucretia borgia 19 years ago

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Painful just to hear about it, hope her bruise dissipates quickly.

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Cheryl Isaak 19 years ago

OW, OUCH! poor dear, I'd something like that too!

Cheryl

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Lucille 19 years ago

Poor Baby---That sounds like something I might do.

If she stil has a sense of humor after hurting herself like that you might invite her to join the CACC, aka Clutzes of America Club.

Lucille

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Lucille 19 years ago

Then after you invite her to join the CAC, you might invite me to the bad typists club. lol

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Pat P 19 years ago

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ellice 19 years ago

Poor thing. Two words - ARNICA Gel. Get some. Really. It is like magic to help with the healing of bruises. Any health food store, GNC, whole Foods, Wild Oats. Buy the tube with the highest percentage of arnica. Use it 2-3 times a day - no real scent. Really cuts the healing time.

Maybe it'll get better. I remember once at about age 18 or so - up on the hay truck - unloading bales at the stables. I was the "toss 'em up to the loft" person -as opposed to the stack 'em in the loft person. While standing up there - missed and ended up with one leg sliding all the way down - stopping in a near vertical split - on leg up on top - me kind of oddly bent and the other stuck, wedged down a couple of rows of hay bales. Took a while to get someone up there to unblock me. No real bruise - but a heck of a groin strain, so to speak.

ellice

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T Michelle Jensen 19 years ago

Another good tip for bruises, from a sports medicine expert in my area - ice for 48 hours to slow the bruising down, then warm packs to help speed up blood flow to the area - this helps get more healing cells into the area to help it heal a bit faster. The waiting after the first couple of days is important though, need to wait for the broken blood vessels to heal. One other thing - remember that the bruise will darken the first few days - this is normal and doesn't mean it's getting worse as some people will think.

--cocoa (the bruise queen)

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