After THAT story - I have NO COMPLAINTS as to how my days have been going, LOL!
Keep an eye on that bruise, though. You survived your minor concussion, but you do NOT want a blood clot in your leg!
And what IS IT with cats? My two are always underfoot, no matter what I’m doing. And, as you all know, I am a DOG PERSON and NOT a Cat Person. ;) I’m sure it has something to do with the fact that they do not have thumbs to open cat food cans or a fresh bag of kibble. If they did, I would be History!
Yes, I’m still worried about a clot letting go. I’m taking “Pete’s” advice, sort of: When my left leg is REALLY bothering me and / or the arthritis in that hip is flaring up too, I take an Ibuprofen. If it’s not quite that bad I take a 500 mg acetaminophen, and if it’s bothersome but only really bothersome when I have to kneel down (etc.), then I take an aspirin, figuring the blood thinner effect of that last is not an entirely bad idea. But, OTOH, in work around here minor cuts or scrapes are a pretty regular occurrence too, so I don’t want to go overboard with the blood thinning... Besides, any clots associated with this testing of the flashlight housing have surely long formed by now...
Today, 2/3 of the time or more, I’m gritting my teeth a bit and not taking any meds besides my usual vitamins. That’s up from maybe 50% yesterday. I “should” have taken at least an aspirin B4 going to Mass* with wifey this morning, however: Those long periods of standing and kneeling (especially) were not fun, and my hip was complaining too. :-(
*She’s Catholic, I’m an old rock-headed Missouri Synod (conservative) Lutheran. Apparently my head is tougher than my leg. ;-)
The weird thing is that the area of discoloration of my left thigh that finally showed up is much smaller than the swollen area, 2+ days later, but there is that noticeable large area of swelling of the leg / side of the thigh. If I inadvertently start to roll over on it, it feels almost like I’ve rolled onto my wife’s lower leg — except it hurts. Deeply. The lower half of my left leg still feels slightly “tingley” and numb, so I’m guessing there is slight nerve damage or pinching to a nerve strand in or near the swelling. That is ever so slowly getting better, too. I should be “happy” and not expecting at 70 y/o to be recovering like I was 17 and dinged up after football with my friends! :-)