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Anonymous
Nov 6th, 2003, 09:17 AM
http://www.strangepuppets.com/misc/re_leg.jpg

This is behind my knee. That circled area is where there is a lump. I bruise easy so I am a bruise connoisseur, but this bruise (if that's what it is) is weird. The lump is small width wise and doesn't feel puffy or anything. It sort of feels like a pebble. The bruised areas don't hurt like bruises usually do. And the bottom bruise has weird cappilary things radiating out of the lumpy thing.

Anyone ever had something like this? WTF is going on here

1. blood clot
2. cyst
3. just a bruise
4. something else?

I'd go to the DR, but... you know....

I will probably just slice it open with a razor if it doesn't go away and see what's inside

Cosmo Electrolux
Nov 6th, 2003, 09:46 AM
It's a Manitou

Spooky
Nov 6th, 2003, 10:04 AM
Thats actually the inside of your arm, near the elbow.

Get off the heroin.

Buffalo Tom
Nov 6th, 2003, 10:11 AM
http://www.strangepuppets.com/misc/re_leg.jpg

This is behind my knee. That circled area is where there is a lump. I bruise easy so I am a bruise connoisseur, but this bruise (if that's what it is) is weird. The lump is small width wise and doesn't feel puffy or anything. It sort of feels like a pebble. The bruised areas don't hurt like bruises usually do. And the bottom bruise has weird cappilary things radiating out of the lumpy thing.

Anyone ever had something like this? WTF is going on here

1. blood clot
2. cyst
3. just a bruise
4. something else?

I'd go to the DR, but... you know....

I will probably just slice it open with a razor if it doesn't go away and see what's inside

It looks like a bruise of some sort. If it gets worse, apply for citizenship in Canada, get your health card and then choose doctor to take a look at that thing. :(

Zhukov
Nov 6th, 2003, 10:19 AM
Just cut it open a bit.

Cosmo Electrolux
Nov 6th, 2003, 11:05 AM
don't cut it open! You'll piss off the Manitou and it'll be born a midget and Tony Curtis' corpse will rise from the grave and that old Indian dude...and the old lady will say PANA!!!!!! and then die....don't get and X-ray either. :(

Stabby
Nov 6th, 2003, 11:28 AM
It might be a popliteal cyst.

http://images.google.com/images?q=tbn:CLIHtykociwC:www.genou.com/anglais/poplitealcyst/kystepoplite.jpg

Might be best to wrap the knee, maybe ice it down from time to time and rest it. If it persists you might to get fluid drained from it. Occasionaly they need surgery to be removed.

But yours seems small enough and will probably go away on its own..

Protoclown
Nov 6th, 2003, 12:47 PM
IT'S AN ALIEN CHESTBURSTER...IN YOUR KNEE :chatter

Spectre X
Nov 6th, 2003, 01:05 PM
that would make it a KNEE-burster :eek

DamnthatDavid
Nov 6th, 2003, 01:23 PM
Try poking it with a stick

Crimson Ghost
Nov 6th, 2003, 01:51 PM
It's a cyst or a bot fly larva.

James
Nov 6th, 2003, 03:25 PM
Christ, do any of you people have an "off" switch?

Doopa, I'd seriously just suck it up and consult a doctor (free clinic?) after a few days of monitoring it. Given the position, I don't think it's wise to be cutting anything (wouldn't think it wise to begin with).

Bennett
Nov 6th, 2003, 03:32 PM
I'd go the free clinic route as well... or there are some other clinics that aren't free but the visit is usually under $100... at least call around and see what your options are at this point. Sometimes the clinics will even give you free antibiotics (they get the sample packs from manufacturers that they will give you for free, so you don't have to worry about getting antiBYEotics or some crazy offbrand crap).

I would avoid slicing it at all costs, though.

!!!!
Nov 6th, 2003, 03:42 PM
Christ, do any of you people have an "off" switch?

Do you have one? That would be so cool.

Les Waste
Nov 6th, 2003, 04:43 PM
What I think he meant is that some people here can't not be facetious. And I completely agree with that. I think it's great that some people think they can bring laughter to the world, but when the height of somebody's comic ability is "poke it with a stick," then they need to let it fucking die.

And that sounds like a cyst to me.

Brandon
Nov 6th, 2003, 04:50 PM
http://www.strangepuppets.com/misc/re_leg.jpg

This is behind my knee. That circled area is where there is a lump. I bruise easy so I am a bruise connoisseur, but this bruise (if that's what it is) is weird. The lump is small width wise and doesn't feel puffy or anything. It sort of feels like a pebble. The bruised areas don't hurt like bruises usually do. And the bottom bruise has weird cappilary things radiating out of the lumpy thing.

Anyone ever had something like this? WTF is going on here

1. blood clot
2. cyst
3. just a bruise
4. something else?

I'd go to the DR, but... you know....

I will probably just slice it open with a razor if it doesn't go away and see what's inside
It's inoperable. My deepest sympathies.

Evil Robot
Nov 6th, 2003, 04:50 PM
That looks like a tick bite to me. Ticks and similar blood suckers like the skin on the back of your knees because its so thin.

Big Papa Goat
Nov 6th, 2003, 08:37 PM
Did someone kill Jeanette X?

DamnthatDavid
Nov 6th, 2003, 08:45 PM
You have something against people who poke things with sticks Les Waste? Sure, it's not a glamour job, but it's GOT to be done GOD DAMMIT!!!

But really, you could just be having a allergic reaction to some sort of insect, or arachnid. Some types of spider bites inflate, and as it is getting colder, more and more bugs and spiders move indoors.

noob3
Nov 6th, 2003, 09:51 PM
this post made sense in my head and then i thought about it and re-read my post and it didnt make any sense at all

Anonymous
Nov 6th, 2003, 10:33 PM
crapper

well, I am still trying to figure out if it's life threatening (that's the only reason I care). I called my mom about maybe it being an anurysm (sp?) but doesn't seem to be that.

This chick I work with is in her final semester of nursing school, so I showed it to her. She definately seemed to think it was something weird (ewww, wtf reaction), but didn't match up with a classic blood clot.

She also said I should go to a free clinic place here. You have to get there damn early monday. They only take appointments monday morning and they fill up for the week in like 15 minutes she said. So that will suck. I only have the interest to do so if I think it's something that could kill me like cancer or a blood clot.
She said chances are they will just tell me to go see a specialist if they think it's something to worry about. Then I'd have to pay for that anyway. So yeah.... I dunno what I am gunna do yet. She warned me not to cut it open because she said there are arteries back there. fucknutter

If it's just a cyst and I go through all that trouble I will be pissed!

AChimp
Nov 6th, 2003, 11:00 PM
Don't you wish you lived in Canada? :P

Brandon
Nov 6th, 2003, 11:02 PM
Don't you wish you lived in Canada? :P
TERRORIST! :eek

Anonymous
Nov 6th, 2003, 11:08 PM
just got off the phone trying ti figure out what to do. I am gunna just wait and see. See if it pops or something. Yep.

Brandon
Nov 6th, 2003, 11:14 PM
just got off the phone trying ti figure out what to do. I am gunna just wait and see. See if it pops or something. Yep.
Famous last words.

Geggy
Nov 6th, 2003, 11:19 PM
As tempting as it may sound, i'd suggest you to try and avoid slicing it open on your own. it would only induce bacterial infection and yuo could put yourself into a much worse situation, like amputating you leg or something.

it looks like a cyst to me, though. i've had one before right on my chest. it was considered as third nipple. it was cool when they squirted it out.

kahljorn
Nov 7th, 2003, 01:27 AM
I'm a cleebo pharmacist, if it's a disease I can get you fixy things.

Perndog
Nov 7th, 2003, 01:39 AM
I had the same thing on my elbow for a while last year, a little bump that bruised for a while. I thought it was a vein until I pressed on it and it was hard (and hurt a bit). It worried me for a while, then I forgot about it and when I suddenly remembered and looked for it, it was gone. Oh well.

Carnivore
Nov 7th, 2003, 05:43 PM
Hypochondriac :P

Jeanette X
Nov 8th, 2003, 01:22 PM
Does it hurt you at all? Is it sore/tender/painful in any way? What does it feel like if you squeeze it a little? Is it less than 5 mm?
How come you bruise so easily, anyway?
http://www.anchoredbygrace.com/smileys/2cdoctorsbag.gif

Geggy
Nov 8th, 2003, 02:28 PM
looks like somebody hasn't had enough milk to drink. calcium intake is the only way to stop from bruising.

kellychaos
Nov 8th, 2003, 02:36 PM
Not that calcium wouldn't help but I think that some people are just naturally prone to bruising no matter what their intake.

Jeanette X
Nov 8th, 2003, 02:55 PM
I thought vitamin C and E were important in preventing bruising. Maybe Re should take vitamin supplements.

Skulhedface
Nov 8th, 2003, 02:59 PM
I don't know quite how or why, but it's my understanding that some people that bruise easily are anemic.

I've been to the doctor for something along those lines myself (easy bruising), and after he took some blood and got back to me, he told me that I had very low levels of iron in my blood, that I was anemic and that it contributes to how easily I bruise.

Something to think about, I suppose... try eating more iron.

Snatchtastic
Nov 8th, 2003, 03:13 PM
Or you could eat some horse testicals.

Jeanette X
Nov 8th, 2003, 03:20 PM
Bruising easily could have a variety of causes...but yes, iron defieciency is among them.

Geggy
Nov 8th, 2003, 03:52 PM
you know what, you're right, it is the vitamin c and e that would help prevent from bruising, calcium intake would help make it more effective. but then if she was taking in too much of calcium it would result in developing cyst so it probably isn't a cyst on the back of her kneww, it's gotta be something else. oh well, looks like she's fucked. haha.

Anonymous
Nov 8th, 2003, 04:27 PM
what the fuck happened in here
I don't have any deficiencies, I know why I bruise easily, there is nothing to do about it
we were supposed to be talking about my mysterious lump

anyway, it doesn't appear to be life threatening so I don't much care anymore. Just waiting to see if it goes away eventually. There is no doctor in the house

george
Nov 8th, 2003, 06:30 PM
it is your twin sister. she wants out and half of everything you have.

Skulhedface
Nov 8th, 2003, 08:11 PM
Oh... lumps...

umm, maybe a zit?

You'd have to tell us more about the lump (yummy).

Like... is it like cauliflowery or smooth, does it hurt to the touch, etc etc etc.

Jeanette X
Nov 8th, 2003, 11:22 PM
http://www.dermnetnz.org/index.html
Does it look anything like this up close?
Or this? http://www.dermnetnz.org/index.html