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so yesterday, I spilled hot coffee on myself, and when I went to check on the burn, I discovered I have a massive bruise on my lower tummy where I give myself my insulin injections.
For whatever reason, this has set off my PTSD, and I've been shaky ever since.
hugs appreciated
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And as a bonus on this special offer, an explanation for that bruise.
This happens all the time when people are giving themselves injections. It just means you nicked a blood vessel with your sharp pointy thing and a bit of blood has accumulated under the skin. Generally, this is something like a small capillary. If it is painful or persists or enlarges over several days, get it looked at.
More hugs,
Erin
= Give everyone the benefit of the doubt because certainty is a fragile thing that can be shattered by one overlooked fact.
A >>guess<< from a total non-expert on PTSD ...
I think your PTSD "circuits" saw the bruise as an injury, and 'right' or 'wrong', instantly mobilized everything they had to protect yourself - and it didn't matter if the "mobilized defenses" were appropriate or not.
Anyhow, grab all the hugs you need 'from the ether'. The hugs I've accumulated (and can't deliver) in just the last few days are about to leak out of my eyes. (I think in religious terms it would be "Gratitude" and I should be off praying my thanks to a deity.)
Side note. I'm just a 'regular guy' (Snort!), There was construction on my block, I had a question for one of the workers. At one point, he quite calmly said "Look Out'. I turned and went into a defensive stance ... my response 'woke up' from a self defense course I took ... 50 (!) years ago. I relaxed after a few seconds. Some stuff just never goes away.
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Very, Very Important: Please, so very please study Dr Neal Barnard's site https://www.pcrm.org/health-topics/diabetes. Get (even borrow) and read his book: https://www.amazon.com/Neal-Barnards-Program-Reversing-Diabe.... Amazon reminds me I bought this for a friend 4 years ago.
Give it an honest try. I expect you will get better control using less/fewer drugs. "Satisfaction guaranteed, or your old health back."
Maybe I'm a "nut job". But I don't think these people are ...
What Dr Barnard says is corroborated on many sites, including:
== Dr Michael Greger's https://nutritionfacts.org/. Each of his 2,000+ topic-searchable short videos is usually backed by ten or more research papers. >Free<
His most famous book is "How Not To Die" where he goes thru the top 15 causes of death in the USA - and how to reduce your chances of having one of them being the one that 'takes you out'. He has a companion cookbook.
== https://www.drmcdougall.com/ Much info is free. If you hit a 'pay us' part, wrong turn, back out and study rest of site.
== https://www.forksoverknives.com/ >Free<, except for courses, books and such. And the now >Free< documentary that 'started it all'. I recall it as "low gore". https://www.forksoverknives.com/the-film/. Lots of recipes, and 'tons' of backing information
== All of https://www.pcrm.org/vegankickstart and https://www.pcrm.org/ Free, except books, courses, seminars.
== https://plantstrong.com/ Lots of free info. They would like it you bought their food line/brand. We don't have to, of course
Have a hug
.. A careful one, but all the same.
Such "bruises" can be very alarming to see, but ultimately will fade into the past.
"Reach for the sun."
Hugs Dotty!
I am a type 1 diabetic too, so my tummy looks at times like a pincushion. As others have said, the bruises are just icky to look at, but rarely hurt.
Hope your PTSD eases off a bit.
Lucy xx
"Lately it occurs to me..
what a long strange trip its been."
Please see the web sites I cited, above
Admittedly, there is little Medical Science can do for T-I. They are trying really hard, with several lines of research.
But ...
All of the sources I mentioned concur, that getting on a Whole Foods Plant Based-no (very low) oil diet will >improve control< of both T-I and T-II. And you will be "fighting on fewer fronts" to manage your health.
Contrary to much that media and many doctors tell us, >>carbs and sugars are not the enemy<<. (*)
Oils and fats, especially saturated fats, disrupt TI control, and push everybody into T-II, heart disease, clogged arteries, obesity, stroke, ED, and other problems.
Please read, learn and >do< what I have posted. It may reduce (maybe eliminate) a lot of y/our problems.
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(*) Yes, if you are running too-high-for-you blood sugars, then that Gigantic Big Gulp soda is probably a bad idea >right now<.
Contrary-wise if you are in dangerous-for-you-low blood sugar, then your doc may have a smaller soda on your 'first aid' list.
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Good luck!!!
sending!
((((warm hugs))))
Hope you’re feeling better soon.
Huggers!
If there's a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it.”
― Toni Morrison
Not Fun
Hugs Dorothy, I wish I had a solution for those injections and the resulting bruises. I'm not injecting insulin so I have no idea if the gauge or the length of the needle may be adjusted to smaller??? For what I'm doing I use a 18 to pull .5ml from the vial and 26 (1.5 inch) to push into the thigh. Vaseline smeared over the injection then a bandaid. The dark spots where I injected disappear after about three to four weeks.
I use Vaseline on shots, cuts, burns, everywhere for a flesh opening. For a serious cut, deep long, and or peeled skin, I apply DMSO, smear Vaseline over that. Sometimes it is necessary to use a huge four by six inch bandaid, changing everything every three to four days. No scars and if I lost skin never know it after four months. On a farm I'm always wearing a bandaid somewhere, usually my arms. I like Rexall Bandaids better than the other name brands. They stay on better longer.
Hugs Dorothy, I know giving one's self injections isn't fun
Barb
Oklahoma born and raised cowgirl