I just have to ask… am I the only one who looks like Les Nessman at any given time? I am referring to a character from WKRP in Cincinnati who constantly had various bandaids in his fingers or hands. I loved that show, by the way, and lament the lack of fun, middle of the road comedies on tv now.
But I digress. I have been known to say to my husband, “ I seem to be unaware of my extremities “. Tonight, for example, I was simply walking from the kitchen drawers to the table with a small can opener in my hand to open a fresh jar of chili sauce for supper and I swung my hand, grazed the back of my finger on the ( not sharp) corner of a wooden kitchen chair. I then realized I was bleeding, having shaved some skin off the back of my finger by making contact with a not sharp wooden chair!
I’ve grazed my knuckles by reaching into a cupboard space to throw away garbage, and by reaching into the crisper drawer in the fridge. I can’t even begin to talk about gardening hand and finger injuries or the scratches ensued on my arms from cutting back shrubs. I’ve only today removed the bandaid from my big toe ( not even going to explain).
Is it my age? Am I walking like a gorilla now? I smack my elbow in doorways more often than I want to admit. The doorways haven’t become more narrow and I haven’t become ( much) wider. I have a bruise on the inside of my knee that I’ve been watching evolve through the colour wheel. I don’t even know how I got that bruise.
So all those of you whose age would be rounded to 60 ( or more), can you relate, or am I just a clutz?
I have two thoughts.
ReplyDelete1. As we age, we have to be very careful with our weak spots in a way that would have seemed absurd just a decade ago. I, for example, turn around VERY slowly, to avoid falling over. Pathetic I know, but I have learned the hard way.
2. The bruises you have are darker and take longer to repair than before 60. This is ugly but normal.
Not worried about falling over, thankfully!
DeleteI always have at least one bandage or numerous bruises on my hands. I have hit one or two of the bruises and the skin has broken open causing bleeding and another bandage or two.
ReplyDeleteGod bless.
Someone who can relate.
DeleteI am quite alert and watchful when chopping things etc. No wounds here - yet.
ReplyDeleteActually I’m fine with chopping, peeling, slicing… this is more just accidentally running into things!
DeleteYou might be a bit of a clutz, yeah. But the mysterious bruises -- those are old age. They just appear, who knows how, when or why?
ReplyDeleteHa ha, a vote for “ clutz “!
DeleteUgh, You and Me both sister! I stabbed myself in the palm of my hand quite seriously a few days ago! As the knife was dropping I grabbed for it, and it stuck into me! Yeah, I get those grazing scrapes too. I think our skin gets more fragile with age. I just pray I don't start getting those horrible BLACK bruises that last for months like my mum used to get.
ReplyDeleteOh gosh!!! Not a fan of stabbing!! Yes, my mother was often bruised and had “ tissue paper skin” as she got older.
DeleteI have been able to draw blood in too many ways. I have an unlimited list of items that if I can I will. If I intended to or not? It is the story of my life it has just gotten more often. I have caught those little loops that are on the sides of shorts caught in more places more often than any normal person should have. I catch my arms in cattle panels famous for small pointy metal daggers and bleeding while moving them. And I won't stop at that . In the last 11 years I have broken a knee cap, a right foot that I didn't know was broken and my tailbone while unloading hay. Pretty much an accident waiting to happen all my life. It just gets more frequent as I age.
ReplyDeleteOh my gosh, lady! I feel like a significant layer of bubble wrap is in order.
DeleteI can totally relate. I find bruises and have no idea where they came from or have any recollection of bumping into anything. I'm forever walking into the desks at work even though they've been in the same place the whole time I've been there!!
ReplyDeleteI recently had a huge dark bruise on my bum cheek and only knew it was there as hubby pointed it out. Very kind of him, don't you think? :0)
When I was teaching, I had a permanent bruise on my thigh where I ran into the corner of student desks.
DeleteIs it right that as we get older our skin thins and is more easily damaged?
ReplyDeleteI get all sorts of scratches gardening and find mystery bruises - you are not alone
Yes, that must be it, that our skin damages more easily.
DeleteMystery injuries gathered when we were concentrating on other matters..nothing to do with age!!
ReplyDeleteSkin thinning as we age, yes.
Our physical and mental space not being aligned... something to ponder on as we bash an elbow going through a doorway...
Concentrating on other matters, yes, I still seem to be doing many things at once.
DeleteI so relate to this. I recently scraped my arm on the wooden shelter while doing something in the chicken run. I took off a huge flap of skin that looked awful for ages. I also find bruises and have no idea how I got them. I think it's true that our skin gets thinner as we age most noticeable after 60.
ReplyDeleteOh, ick!! That must have been nasty!
DeleteI can very much relate! I suppose it's not having the scratches, scrapes, and bruises that bother me as much as I'm often so busy in my mind that when I finally realize I've got one, I can't exactly recall how. I should really buy stock in a baindaid company.
ReplyDeleteI have found that vitamins A and C really help with the skin thinness and bruising. Not a miracle cure, but they help.
I also now make sure I buy the good bandaids - the "fabric" kind, guaranteed to stay on for a while. Hmmm, I shall look into vitamin A and C.
DeleteOnly time I bruise is when the dog takes a running jump at me. I move slowly. When I walk, I do the gorilla walk i think because I used to whack my husband when we walked side by side and it was him that got the bruises. He was on blood thinners, so no, I didn’t hit him hard. Gigi
ReplyDeleteDog bruises. All types of injuries.
DeleteI'm convinced, aging brings bumps and bruises. I'll join the club!
ReplyDeleteNot necessarily a club we want to belong to, but welcome!
DeleteMy husband always has a couple band aids, along with bruises on his arm from running into something (he takes blood thinners). When we visit doctors here they ask if we "feel safe at home" and sometimes they ask him several times and say "are you sure?"
ReplyDeleteIf you are a klutz, then I am too. It could be worse. :)
ReplyDeleteI try to slow myself down to be more deliberate when doing things these days to avoid such slips. It takes a while to learn, but I'm getting there.
ReplyDeleteYou are not alone. I frequently have unexplained bruises, though the latest ones occurred when I (somehow) stepped into the watering can and fell up the steps to the deck. I banged my shoulder and my knee and it took several days for the bruises to even come to surface.
ReplyDeleteAs for cuts and scrapes those happen all the time too. I'm going with the theory that as we age, our skin gets thinner.
Most of us can relate... apparently as we age we bruise easily and skin is thinner. I get more marks from burns... pulling things out of the Aga and my hand accidentally touching the pan or side. Forgetting to use a pot holder and picking up a lid, etc.
ReplyDeleteSo many of us seem to relate to your post. My arms and legs often have bruises and I have no idea how they came about. I often have small burn marks on my hands and arms from removing food from the oven. Often I'm not aware of the burn at that moment. I suppose it is aging and sensative skin.
ReplyDeleteHahahaa! Yes! I often look like Les Nessman. (Delightful show, btw.)
ReplyDeleteSO relatable! My arms are covered in bruises; some of which I have no idea where they came from. That fresh new bruise came when my wedding ring grazed my arm as I was reaching for something. *sigh*
ReplyDeleteI'd forgotten about Les and his bandaids! Thanks for the flashback.
ReplyDeleteI just took a band aid off my index finger this morning; I cut it opening up some skincare. But I cut my hands and bang into things all the time too.
Skin gets thinner and thinner. Any bump, scrape, abrasion can open it.
ReplyDeleteI am 80 years old and between bruises ( not on blood thinner) and liver spots - i would have no color.
ReplyDeleteI keep the bandaid companies in business. Not a day goes by that I need one.
ReplyDeleteI guess I'm lucky in that I've never bruised easily. Matter of fact, there have been times when I've really whacked myself and want sympathy, but it turns out no one gives much of it without a colorful bruise to show. What I've found myself doing lately is bumping into the door frame as I navigate from room to room. Who moved the position of all the doors, I ask!?!
ReplyDeleteI can't relate to the injuries, but I did really like WKRP in Cincinnati. News radio was also pretty good. They just don't know how to make sitcoms anymore.
ReplyDeleteI am going to turn 60 in a few months and I can definitely relate to the injuries! Right now I am sporting a cut knuckle, bruises on the underside of my forearms and just a few minutes ago I whacked the hose end against my ankle bone. It never ends!😆
ReplyDeleteI constantly have bandages on some place on my body. Just stupid accidents. It's on our weekly shopping list. Bandage's every week. The other day fell flat on my face huge cut above eye. Had to put on liquid stitches and of course a bandaid. It was me fall or hurt the cat. I choose to not hurt the cat.
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