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Hey everyone! What's up?
Of all the symptoms that get listed about fibro on informational sites, magazines, or books, I never see anything that talks about bruises. Over the years I've seen people on here mention they easily bump into things, or they are clumsy, etc... BUT looking over MY experiences, I have concluded one thing.... you know, BEFORE I ever had fibro (which was like 8 - 10 yrs ago) I never really bruised. It took a massive blow for that to happen. Even if I took a tumble down the steps, it didn't bruise me back then.
But ever since around the time the fibro symptoms came about, even if I lean on something LIGHTLY, I wake up the next day with bruising around that area. I always read things about how much more "sensitive we FEEL pain compared to normal people blah blah bla.... " but honestly, I always wake up with like 15 - 20 bruises on me. And I -KNOW- I wasn't in a bar fight the previous day. (unless of course, in my sleep I get up and throw my self down the steps every night and then sleep walk to the nearest bar, and bar fight, and then somehow manage to get back to bed before I wake up)
Recently I went boogie boarding with a friend (haven't done it in years) and we caught a few small waves.... the next day I woke up not just feeling like I was in a major car wreck, but I LOOKED like it! My knees were swollen black and blue, bruising along my arms and ribs. It took about a week before I looked normal again.
Have I assumed wrong? Are there others that bruise easy? Or do I have something that is NOT fibro related?
Of all the symptoms that get listed about fibro on informational sites, magazines, or books, I never see anything that talks about bruises. Over the years I've seen people on here mention they easily bump into things, or they are clumsy, etc... BUT looking over MY experiences, I have concluded one thing.... you know, BEFORE I ever had fibro (which was like 8 - 10 yrs ago) I never really bruised. It took a massive blow for that to happen. Even if I took a tumble down the steps, it didn't bruise me back then.
But ever since around the time the fibro symptoms came about, even if I lean on something LIGHTLY, I wake up the next day with bruising around that area. I always read things about how much more "sensitive we FEEL pain compared to normal people blah blah bla.... " but honestly, I always wake up with like 15 - 20 bruises on me. And I -KNOW- I wasn't in a bar fight the previous day. (unless of course, in my sleep I get up and throw my self down the steps every night and then sleep walk to the nearest bar, and bar fight, and then somehow manage to get back to bed before I wake up)
Recently I went boogie boarding with a friend (haven't done it in years) and we caught a few small waves.... the next day I woke up not just feeling like I was in a major car wreck, but I LOOKED like it! My knees were swollen black and blue, bruising along my arms and ribs. It took about a week before I looked normal again.
Have I assumed wrong? Are there others that bruise easy? Or do I have something that is NOT fibro related?
take care
But it is definitely food for thought.
If I haven't said it before, or enough, it's really good to see you back!
PS. There was a doc that was checking out some of my symptoms shortly after I was discharged, and he kept saying that according to my military medical records and post discharge, it showed that I had a history of being borderline anemic. and he didn't know why the previous docs didn't catch it.
I went back to follow up with him one day, and the army hospital had switched him out and told me I could no long see him. And that he was no longer available in that hospital. I tried explaining to the new doc what my original doc was suggesting, and they had no idea what I was talking about. The new doc said I was fine I shouldn't worry.
Years have passed, I guess I can try again....