Yeah, I know you are saying the right thing. I don't have the luxury of seeing the doctor at the present. They took away my access a ride and I can't get there because of all the nuts on the buses and the trains. I go with Alan when he uses his Access a ride. And if I have a doctor's appointment Alan goes with me and we use his Access a Ride.

Alan gets up at 2 p.m so it's hard to make appointments.

I have to play this by ear.

so far it's doing good.

I'll update.

Thanks much, Mrs. D

Melody

Hi Mrs. D.

I thought I would give you an update. It's been about 3 weeks since I first noticed the hematoma. After the blister formed, I kept it clean and dressed.

(I did see the doctor and I'm fine), but I have to tell you what led up to my being fine.

We have a friend in the neighborhood who works for a veterinarian. Everybody goes to him for this boo-boo and that boo-boo (be it animal or human). He knows a great deal.

I was on my friend's porch and he walks by and I said "Can I ask you a question?" I didn't mention the word hematoma, I just said 'Well, I have a black and blue and I leaned against the sink and I got this skin bulge with all the red around it but I don't think it's infected because it's not hot, I feel fine and I drained it"

I showed it to him and he exclaimed "Oh that's a hematoma, it's not infected, you just have to let it take it's course, it will reabsorb and then there will be serum coming out of it". (I should have listened to the serum part) He told me to use an antibacterial ointment on it and dress it. That's what I was doing anyway.

So I kept doing what I was doing and every day the red part around it left it and it went towards the middle and one day I looked down and it had burst and all the blood went everywhere (I thought when he said the blood would reabsorb into my body I didn't completely understand that there would be a blood blister)

So again, I'm at my friend's and he comes by and I said "it burst and now there is no more blister but there is some ooze coming out of it"

He says 'I told you THAT'S THE SERUM". I said "what the heck is serum?"

He explained it to me. He also said that his brother had this huge hematoma on his knee and he drained it and gave him a shot of some anti-imflammatory and his brother was back playing basketball the next day.

So after two weeks of this hematoma getting smaller and smaller, the other day we were at the doctor and I said "I gave myself a hematoma" The doctor said "Show me"

I showed him and he said "Oh you did a good job, that's serum coming out of it. " He said to keep doing what I'm doing and I'll be all done in about two weeks.

And it's not infected.

So whatever I did, it looks MUCH better, doesn't hurt, it's still black and blue, no more blood is coming out. no more oozing, just a drop of serum here and there.

I never knew about this serum coming out of the body.

I actually found a message board devoted to hematomas and found out that it's VERY common after surgeries and people get them at incision sites.

Some have to be surgically repaired. All are drained.

So from now on, I give myself the injection at different places. NEVER on my stomach because I'm always leaning over the sink.

But I never lean into the sink. Never again.

Thanks for all the input.

And I hope I never have a hematoma EVER AGAIN!!

melody

Thanks for the update....

I was worried about this.

There are so many "super bugs" out there now, one has to be very careful with any severe wound, redness, draining etc.

I am glad and relieved you are better.

Hi Mrs. D.

There isn't a superbug alive that would DARE go into a body that is being treated with Silverbiotics. At least I hope so!!!

lol

I take a teaspoon every day and so far, so good. I don't catch colds or anything. Of course, the way I eat and the nutrition I use, well that has to count for something.

It's all about the immune system right? Our ability to fight off these nasty buggies that are always around us.

I do take simple precautions. I always carry hand sanitizer on me. So when I get off a bus (after holding on to all those poles), I put some hand sanitizer on. And let's not forget those nasty supermarket shopping carts that we are pushing around as we shop. I once heard that they are LOADED with e-coli.

So... simple precautions, AND being careful when one gives oneself an injection, well I shall be ever more MORE careful.

Thanks very much.

Hopefully I dodged a BIG one with my first hematoma.

Imagine, I have injected my self thousands of times and NEVER had a problem

my goodness!!!!

And I know people who get injections of this and that, and they get bout after bout of cellulitis, and their area gets red lines, gets hot, they get fevers. All the time, this happens to them.

So I shall continue to be vigilant in my fight against what I call the BAD BUGEEBOOOS!!!!

lol