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<blockquote data-quote="dorcas61" data-source="post: 193109" data-attributes="member: 27011"><p>I went for my 3-monthly check-up with the Nurse yesterday, not looking forward to it as the last time she took blood I was sitting in a local cafe about 10 minutes later and noticed blood running down my arm! </p><p>My mother (a retired nurse) reckons it's because the nurse didn't strap down the bit of cotton wool tightly enough - but I can't help wondering if it was connected with the fact that for the first time ever I had blood taken from my right arm and I'm right-handed - or is this just coincidence?</p><p></p><p>Also, is it "normal" to bruise afterwards?</p><p>I took off the plaster/cotton wool just before going to bed and noticed purple bruising around the needle site - inside the elbow - about one inch by two - and realised that this has always happened since diagnosis, but I don't remember it happening before - even when I spent 3 weeks in hopsital and had blood taken every day, the sites never bruised. Is this down to the skill of the blood-taker, or is bruising easily yet another complication of Diabetes? Like taking longer to heal from cuts etc?</p><p></p><p>Or is it all just my imagination? Or can I blame the menopause? It seems to get blamed for anything and everything! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dorcas61, post: 193109, member: 27011"] I went for my 3-monthly check-up with the Nurse yesterday, not looking forward to it as the last time she took blood I was sitting in a local cafe about 10 minutes later and noticed blood running down my arm! My mother (a retired nurse) reckons it's because the nurse didn't strap down the bit of cotton wool tightly enough - but I can't help wondering if it was connected with the fact that for the first time ever I had blood taken from my right arm and I'm right-handed - or is this just coincidence? Also, is it "normal" to bruise afterwards? I took off the plaster/cotton wool just before going to bed and noticed purple bruising around the needle site - inside the elbow - about one inch by two - and realised that this has always happened since diagnosis, but I don't remember it happening before - even when I spent 3 weeks in hopsital and had blood taken every day, the sites never bruised. Is this down to the skill of the blood-taker, or is bruising easily yet another complication of Diabetes? Like taking longer to heal from cuts etc? Or is it all just my imagination? Or can I blame the menopause? It seems to get blamed for anything and everything! ;) [/QUOTE]
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