Hi MaryAnn, This is just a WAG, but could it have been a clot? Aspirin is supposed to be a good blood thinner, but I'd go see the Doc before I messed w/ Anything concerning blood-clots. Habits are hard to break, but you might want to shift to a pillow for your head rest, avoid additional pressure on your arm??
Take care, Malcolm On Fri, 2009-05-29 at 08:29 -0700, MaryAnn Helland wrote: > An odd thing happened to me this week. Tuesday night when I went to > bed, I felt a sharp pain in my left arm -- high on the inside about > midway between the shoulder and elbow. I ordinarily rest my head on > the inside of my arm to sleep, and this was painful enough to disallow > that. On Wednesday morning, I had a bruise along the artery there, > running down to and including the inside of the elbow -- and the top > of my forearm was painful to the touch. I *lased* (low-level-light > laser) the place on my arm where the original pain was (which was > still painful to the touch). By Thursday, the pain was pretty much > gone, but the bruise had spread to generous proportions -- almost all > of the inside of my upper arm. Today the pain is still gone and the > bruise is beginning to lighten. But here's the puzzle -- the whole > thing was pretty much spontaneous. I don't remember doing anything > that could cause an injury -- much less something as painful as that, > or to cause that kind of bruising. I sensed that it was the artery > itself that was hurting. Is that possible? Can arteries (or veins) > *hurt*? Anybody have any idea what the heck that was all about? I'm > not one to run to the doctor quickly -- I'm inclined to wait a day or > two and see what develops. But I don't want to be stupid either. Of > course, if it happened again, I'd go see my doctor immediately. But I > was hoping that someone might have some insight. TIIA. > MA -- The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: http://silverlist.org To post, address your message to: [email protected] Address Off-Topic messages to: [email protected] The Silver List and Off Topic List archives are currently down... List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]>
