I've had a life-threatening nosebleed. None of this slow bleed nonsense, this was quite the gusher. It was post-sinus surgery - they hadn't realised I have a blood vessel tumour up there, and had cut it during the surgery. Way impressive.
I go online sometimes, but everyone's spelling is really bad. It's... depressing.
Tara ,'Get It Done'
Natter 67: Overriding Vetoes
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, nail polish, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
billytea - Feb 07, 2011 6:51:21 pm PST #21699 of 30001
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
Beverly - Feb 07, 2011 6:51:45 pm PST #21700 of 30001
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
How drastic is a drastic nosebleed? Mine are rare, but messy, and don't stop well. How many tissues/towels/bedsheets does it take to staunch a regular nosebleed?
Sue, that picture is so sweet! And your cats are pretty. TC hates all other cats--he has displaced aggression and will attack the closest human, he gets so agitated when he sees another cat. He lives upstairs and Punkin lives downstairs. Punkin doesn't get what all the fuss about. He'd have no problem being buddies and probably snuggling, but TC just won't have it.
Cashmere - Feb 07, 2011 6:54:47 pm PST #21701 of 30001
Now tagless for your comfort.
I had a gusher as a kid. My dad nearly took me to the ER after I soaked about four tea towels. It eventually stopped, though.
He taught me a trick where I could fold a tiny piece of cardboard and wedge it up under my upper lip. This often cut off the blood flow and stopped even my most severe nosebleeds.
This is only anecdotal, though. Not sure what the medical science is behind it.
Cass - Feb 07, 2011 7:03:10 pm PST #21702 of 30001
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
Don't tell anyone I told you.
I'll deny even knowing you.
Unlike these shows, Smallville has soldiered on, coelacanth-style
Heh. Wow, I really needed some new things to click tonight.
billytea - Feb 07, 2011 7:04:02 pm PST #21703 of 30001
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
How drastic is a drastic nosebleed?
Pretty much pouring down my face. Stopping it involved packing my sinuses with gauze. After the surgery to remove the fibroma, they packed it with antiseptic-soaked ribbon. They removed a metre of ribbon each day over six days (which left me feeling nauseous the entire week, thanks to the smell - hospital food didn't help).
Liese S. - Feb 07, 2011 7:07:06 pm PST #21704 of 30001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Okay, mine are not that bad.
Cashmere - Feb 07, 2011 7:07:09 pm PST #21705 of 30001
Now tagless for your comfort.
billytea wins.
quester - Feb 07, 2011 7:10:20 pm PST #21706 of 30001
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
Skipping all the disturbing cat and bleeding discussion!
Can we go back to snakes, please!
§ ita § - Feb 07, 2011 7:18:58 pm PST #21707 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
There was that one time I had to stuff bleeding snakes up my nose because...
Okay, never mind. Let me go back to googling the horsies. Friesians are pretty.
Connie Neil - Feb 07, 2011 7:26:16 pm PST #21708 of 30001
brillig
I've had what billytea had, a combination of an aneurysm and an allergic reaction to the mold that was growing behind the shelf paper the previous tenants had put up as wallpaper. I had the cauterization, it came back, they were talking about surgery to cut the artery feeding the site, they decided to pack the sinus instead. The most painful thing I've ever gone through, and the nurse learned not to stand in kick range of a patient having this done.
The good thing is it convinced me that this big blond guy I'd picked up was a keeper.