[Magdalen] Ravages of Time.

[Grace Cangialosi]

Two weeks ago I had a steroid injection in my shoulder. As he removed the needle, the doctor apologized and said he'd nicked a blood vessel, so I would have a bruise. He put on a small same-sex, and I left. That bruise is still black, larger than a 50-cent piece and thoroughly disgusting looking! There are some faint hints of yellow around the edges, so I guess it may fade eventually, but Good Grief!!  The only mitigating factor is that the injection itself has worked miracles for my shoulder. I'm just wondering if the bruise will be gone by the time I need another one (injection, that is!).

On July 6, 2015, at 1:53 PM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:

The absolute all-time WORST black eye I ever saw was on a patient of mine
who was on Coumadin. She had a basement door that opened in a
downstairs-facing direction. She had been in the basement and was coming up
the stairs when her son, not knowing she was down there, opened the
door........

You can imagine my shock when I arrived the next morning to draw her blood
for a PT/PTT. The black eye extended from just below her cheekbone up
almost to her hairline. And no, she hadn't gone to the ER for it. She
figured "it would go away eventually." She was a mighty colorful sight for
awhile. I tell you, those rural east Tennessee ladies are a tough lot!

On Mon, Jul 6, 2015 at 1:44 PM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <
magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:

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> In a message dated 7/6/2015 12:37:04 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> houstonklr at gmail.com writes:
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> are you  on a blood thinner David?
> Lynn>>>>
>
> Aspirin, of course, since about 1972.
>
> In my experience ASA makes little difference in the matter of senile
> purpura.
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> If the person is on a real therapeutic anticoagulant like warfarin,
> then I would emphasize the basic aging etiology, but stress
> that the warfarin made the situation worse.
>
> Incidentally the "warf" in warfarin = Coumadin is for Wisconsin
> Alumni Research Foundation.  They've made a lot of money on
> that drug.
>
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> David Strang. - WA = Wisconsin Alumnus.
>