[Magdalen] Ravages of Time.

[Esther Williamson]

And those long sleeves also cover those flapping wings on our upper arms!

Esther

On 7/6/2015 11:11 AM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen wrote:
>
> Now with the summer heat and the wearing of short sleeves,
> the increasingly appalling "senile purpura" is quite visible.
>   
> These are secondary to subcutaneous bleeding from old, weakened
> blood vessels related to aging and excessive sun exposure.  They
> consist of the purplish non-blanching areas, most frequently seen  over
> the forearms and the backs of the hands.  They resolve after a  week
> or two, but in my case are just replaced by new areas.
>   
> This is, I think, a combination of being susceptible due to age, and
> the playfulness of four (count 'em FOUR) dogs.
>   
> Despite being one of the commonest skin problems I saw during
> practice years, I can scarcely believe how beat up my forearms
> now are.
>   
> Patients would persist in asking me what to do about the lesions.
> Other than avoiding obvious trauma (raspberry brambles, trimming
> the thornapple trees, etc.) I would tell them to "turn the clock  back."
>   
> I'm now having to eat those words.
>   
> When my older brother, Jim, and I went over to Winchester for the
> 900th Anniversary in the 1970's, many of the events were scheduled  out
> on the close next to the north edge of the nave.  We had never seen  such
> a display of flowered dresses and hats on the ladies of riper years.
> I realized these dresses were all long-sleeved in order to cover the  senile
> purpura.
>   
> I'll bet the Queen doesn't appear in sleeveless dresses much these  days!
>   
>   
> David Strang.