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Feeling beaten up

Jul 03, 2007 23:50

I went to the Del Mar Fair yesterday (a fair that comes to San Diego every summer) and walked around for a good four hours or so, then was sitting down for a concert. When I got home, I could really feel my legs and feet aching, so I took some Ibuprofen and went to sleep. When I got up this morning, my legs are literally COVERED in bruises and I ( Read more... )

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neonrose5 July 4 2007, 07:15:34 UTC

I get bruising all the time that I don't know where I got it from.. Yet, when I expect to get a bruise from walking into something, it never show.. Go figure

recycleanimals July 4 2007, 08:11:17 UTC

Isn't that weird? This illness has got to be the strangest one out of them all. None of it makes sense!

dodging_fate July 4 2007, 12:36:23 UTC

I used to get that. When I got that much exercize my skin would swell up and even touching it would bruise me. I found out now that I have a vitamin K deficiency related to having celiac disease and by making sure I have a multi w/K and eat tons of dark green leafy veges and a lot of banannas, it seems to be more under control.

Good for you for having fun yesterday! I hope that the agony of the next flare doesn't taint it for you!!!

recycleanimals July 5 2007, 06:06:08 UTC

I used to get really severe charliehorses in my calves in the middle of the night from a lack of potassium. I would just wake up suddenly and feel like someone was twisting a knife into my calf... it would end up with me screaming in pain and just sobbing. I started eating lots of bananas and I haven't had one in a while. *knocks on wood*

Yeah, I sure paid the price for it, though. I'm just having a horrible flare right now. I feel like I got the shit beaten out of my legs all the way from the hips down. It hurts to walk, and I can't even sit down without feeling a burning sensation from my butt all the way down to my toes. I hope this goes away fairly quickly. :(

tikvah July 4 2007, 14:08:55 UTC

I have bruised easily all my life. If I catch a bruise early, I apply arnica gel (can be found at health food stores), which helps reduce the severity and duration of the bruise if applied in time.

recycleanimals July 5 2007, 06:07:07 UTC

I've bruised easily all my life, too. I'm also anemic, so that's why, but I've never been so badly banged up from just WALKING. I'm usually sore after I do a lot of walking, but never like this. Just... wow, this sucks. Thanks for the tip about the arnica gel! :)