It's practically gone but here is what happened.

I usually inject myself on various places in my stomach. I must have done it twice in the same place because about a week ago I noticed a big black and blue. I have had these and they always go away.

I have NEVER had what happened after that. I did not even think about the black and blue mark.

However, when I lean up against the sink (which is all the time because I am cleaning my dishes and rinsing my sprouts), I just lean against the sink and don't think about it.

One time a few days ago I said "ouch, what the h is that" I look down and I saw this Dark bulge right in the middle of a big red circle. I said "holy cow". It was dark in the middle and it was hard.

I immediately went on the internet and googled. "Injection site reactions" and found out it was a skin bulge. I did some further research and found the words hematoma and the images LOOKED EXACTLY like what I had.

And the odd thing is that I was massaging it as I laid down WHICH YOU ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO DO. After reading all the information I simply used ice compresses and in a few days the skin bulge got flat and the red part got light pink.

As of this morning, instead of a skin bulge there is a blister where the skin bulge was, and the pink thing is still pink.

No infection, no fever, I feel just fine. So I would gather that my body re-absorbed the blood (which is what I read that hematomas of this kind usually do).

So should I keep doing the ice thing? Should I let it alone? I just googled "blood blisters" even though I don't see any more blood anywhere, just a plain old blister, it says not to prick it, to just leave it alone.

So I gather so far I've done everything I could do. I don't keep hitting the sink with my stomach anymore so I gather that gave it a chance to heal on it's own.

I can't believe I was leaning on this thing all the time and not knowing I was aggravating it.

Anyway, do I still use ice, do I let it take it's natural course. I read where sometimes it takes weeks for a hematoma to heal.

Anyone else (and I'm sure there will be a few on this forum) have any of you gotten injection site reactions like this.

I've been doing this for over 7 years and NEVER did this to myself.

It was sore for a while but now it's fine. I would love to take a sterilized pin and prick it and let whatever is left out of there and just disinfect it and dress it but it says "leave it alone"

So comments and advice are welcome.

thank you very much