Comments on Cranky Fitness: May Day? Nah, Better!

Hiya, Crabby.Big thanks for the link love, and exc...

2008-05-02T20:18:00.000-04:00

Hiya, Crabby.

Big thanks for the link love, and excellent job wrangling up more bloody good facts. Who knew that nosebleeds would end up being the hot topic of the week? Heh.

Good times, man. Good times.

I got nosebleeds all the time when I was a kid, an...

2008-05-02T06:21:00.000-04:00

I got nosebleeds all the time when I was a kid, and finally around when I was 14 and routinely had golfball sized clots coming out of my nose (NICE!!) my mother took me to the ear nose and throat guy (our wallets were fine in Canada) and he stuck the cauterizing stick thing up there. I had to return a few times over the next couple of years but now I very rarely get nosebleeds.

This is so cool! I expected, like, 3 comments and...

2008-05-02T06:06:00.000-04:00

This is so cool! I expected, like, 3 comments and instead I'm getting all this great nosebleed and allergy info, and you guys are cracking me up.

And hiya Jennifer! Nah, the bloody t-shirt is courtesy of my usual stock photo source. I'm frankly hoping they used paint to do the shot.

i used to get nosebleeds all the time when i was a...

2008-05-02T00:05:00.000-04:00

i used to get nosebleeds all the time when i was a kid, but they stopped as soon as i stopped getting allergy shots. go figure.

I think I've had almost no nosebleeds in my whole ...

2008-05-01T23:50:00.000-04:00

I think I've had almost no nosebleeds in my whole life. AND thank goodness or I'd have to buy one of those terrible shirts! Yikes. Did you make that graphic?

Nose bleeder here. Guess being a guy and lots of ...

2008-05-01T22:45:00.000-04:00

Nose bleeder here. Guess being a guy and lots of dryness in the winter doesn't help me.

I hate the tip forward thing. Don't tell anyone, but I tip my head back and usually blow my nose a few times before trying to get it to stop.

What the heck is May Day anyway??

You guys think of everything!! As a resident of a...

2008-05-01T21:53:00.000-04:00

You guys think of everything!! As a resident of a dry, high-altitude climate, I think I am the only person I know who actually doesn't get them. However, I still found this educational, and ok, a little gross. That's never bothered me before, though :)

Not to brag, but I can self-cauterize. Seriously. ...

2008-05-01T21:46:00.000-04:00

Not to brag, but I can self-cauterize. Seriously. It's a band-aid measure, at best, and after twenty-odd emergency visits and one minor surgery to alter my blood vessels, I've just become VERY friendly with Vaseline and my humidifier.

Good luck, Crabby!

I used to get nosebleeds all the time when I was a...

2008-05-01T18:42:00.000-04:00

I used to get nosebleeds all the time when I was a kid with severe allergies. I was the lucky kid who couldn't eat the chocolate cake, drink the milk, eat the eggs or have the peanut butter in the PB&J.

Thankfully I've outgrown most of the food allergies and never have to have a jelly and fluff sandwich ever again.

I still suffer with all the pollens, grass, trees, dust and pet allergies.

I don't get nosebleeds too often these days but have a humidifier going constantly and try to rinse out the nostrils regularly.

Have you tried using a Neti Pot? It freaked me out but my friend raves about it and doesn't have nearly as many nosebleeds since she started using it.

My husband has had success reducing his nose bleed...

2008-05-01T17:24:00.000-04:00

My husband has had success reducing his nose bleeds by running a humidifier at night. A total bonus with the humidifier is that I sleep more soundly, too. So, now we have them in the kids' rooms and they sleep better (or it at least drowns out their crankies if they're not . . . hmmmm . . . ). It helps my son's chronically dry skin, too. That's 3 cheers for humidifiers!

While I was doing the chemo, I was introduced to s...

2008-05-01T16:26:00.000-04:00

While I was doing the chemo, I was introduced to something called Secaris by my pharmacist. It is a gel you put in your nose, clears up stuffiness too and I think comes in a spray.

www.pharmascience.com is the website on the tube. Made in Canada, but you might be able to find it there. If not email me.

I feel no shame in leaving the following message: ...

2008-05-01T16:20:00.000-04:00

I feel no shame in leaving the following message: It's my birthday today! And Cranky, I could ask for a better gift than a specially-customized Nosebleed Day tee shirt. Email me and I'll give you my address.
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Thank you Shannon, both for the comment and for st...

2008-05-01T16:09:00.000-04:00

Thank you Shannon, both for the comment and for starting the whole thing!

Laughing at this post -- I love it! I'm honored I...

2008-05-01T15:19:00.001-04:00

Laughing at this post -- I love it! I'm honored I could play a small part in inspiring it. I must now embark upon my quest for a neti pot -- and maybe, just maybe, I'll be able to wear white once more!

I used to get nosebleeds once in awhile as a child...

2008-05-01T15:19:00.000-04:00

I used to get nosebleeds once in awhile as a child, but haven't had one in years.

This post made me think of the time, in the 70s, that my parents, my brother and I stayed the night at the home of my dad's old college roomate.

These people had a very modern home, with thick white shag carpet. We had to stand in the kitchen to drink something, to prevent spills.

That night my brother and I bunked down on the floor, in sleeping bags. And during the night...I got a whopping nosebleed. Yup. All over the shag carpet. I am sure my anxiety over the carpet induced it.

Wow this is really helpful! Glad I never got caut...

2008-05-01T14:15:00.000-04:00

Wow this is really helpful! Glad I never got cauterized, as that sounds much worse than putting up with my (mostly mild) nosebleeds.

And the neti pots, I keep hearing about the neti pots! Someday I'll have to get one. But I did try a saline rinse thing which I think is supposed to do the same thing, and if it helped my allergies or nosebleeds at all, it wasn't noticeable. Perhaps it I tried if for a few months instead of a few days...

Love the allergy/nosebleed stories, and my sympathies to those who have it worse that I do.

They have these "neti pots" you can buy that you f...

2008-05-01T14:12:00.000-04:00

They have these "neti pots" you can buy that you fill with warm saline and use to rinse out your nose. I kid you not - you put the little pot in one nostril and tilt your head and let the water run in one nostril and out the other. Refill and repeat the other way.
Apparently it's supposed to help heal up sinus infections and the like...it's been use in asia for centuries. I giggle at it all and have never tried one but heard the work really well. They really seem to help some people clear out their sinuses and deal with allergies...apparently.
Maybe the saline washes would help "toughen up" and heal the nosebleedy areas of your nose...I know salt water helps healing piercing and dental work...jsut a thought.
If you do try one out...take photos. I'm dying to see. Here's a link to how they work...I haven't been able to get up the nerve to try one. I am not sure I could.

http://www.healingdaily.com/exercise/neti-pot.htm

Hey Crabby, this is one of your more colorful post...

2008-05-01T13:47:00.000-04:00

Hey Crabby, this is one of your more colorful posts! ;)

My ex used to get nosebleeds, but he was an inveterate picker, which didn't help. He also was on blood thinners, which also didn't help. Then he had several cauterizations in the ER, which also did not help. It got really wearing for him.

I had a serious one when I ran full tilt into the leg of a swingset in a schoolyard in 3rd grade (I was looking behind me), knocked myself out, woke up with a nose bleed, ran home to my stepmother who just said to stick kleenex up it. Even in 3rd grade, I knew that hitting one's head and subsequently having a nosebleed was not good.

I sure am sorry for you Crabby, and everyone else suffering with these, because knowing that your nose can "let go" at the worst times on the best clothes can't be at all fun, plus wondering if it has really stopped. Can people still get vitamin K shots? My show jumper used to get those, because he'd get nosebleeds in the summer when it was hot, during competiton. A horse's nosebleed can be really hard to treat!

On allergies, I have friends who swear by their neti pots. I fortunately have either outgrown or out run my allergens by moving; I used to sneeze myself dizzy and would just give up and let my nose run into the sink for ten minutes, it would drip twice as fast as the leaky faucet! And OTC allergy meds would put me in a coma. It would feel like I had an elephant on my chest, and I could hear stuff but couldn't move.

What's sad is that we have exacerbated allergies as a people by moving to places like AZ to escape the sources, but then bringing along the grasses and trees to which we were allergic!

This post cracked me up! I'm so glad I was introdu...

2008-05-01T12:59:00.000-04:00

This post cracked me up! I'm so glad I was introduced to your blog.

Anyhoo, I am a fellow nosebleed-sufferer, and despite the constant stream of saline through my nose, it still bleeds.

Maybe I should get 7 t-shirts: one for each day of the week! Hee.

I don't get nosebleeds (just that one time I got k...

2008-05-01T12:52:00.000-04:00

I don't get nosebleeds (just that one time I got kicked in the face in the summercamp pool), but I have terrible allergy-related nose stuffiness. The two things that work for me: Rhinocort (prescription nose spray, which is probs a TERRIBLE idea if you get nose bleeds, and dries me out enough that I have to do the vaseline-in-my-nostrils thing every night) and a neti pot (wherein you pour salt water in one nostril and it comes out the other, much less painfully and more refreshingly than you'd think).

I've been getting progressively more nosebleeds in...

2008-05-01T12:33:00.000-04:00

I've been getting progressively more nosebleeds in the past few months. The most recent disastrous nosebleed adventure was when I was out for an early morning run... there I am, ploughing down the street when the blood starts streaming down my face. I luckily had a kleenex in my pocket so I held it to my face as I continued to jog down these heavily-trafficked streets (what? slow down to a walk and do something about the nosebleed? now that's just far too sensible an option!).

I enjoy the t-shirt:)

Since losing ALLmy hair to chemotherapy including ...

2008-05-01T12:13:00.000-04:00

Since losing ALLmy hair to chemotherapy including nose hairs, I have nothing to keep out the flying allergens (or keep in the blood).

Like Scrumpy mentioned, I use a neti pot with warm salt water and that helps. But when my nose hairs grow back in, I'm never trimming them again. I don't care if they need braiding.

I'm thankful I've never had a nosebleed (I hope I ...

2008-05-01T11:22:00.000-04:00

I'm thankful I've never had a nosebleed (I hope I didn't just jinx myself)! It sounds horrible. Especially given the cost of nice clothing nowadays, I wouldn't relish the idea of getting blood all over it.

I had allergies one summer out in St Louis because the air quality was so bad. I was serving tables and sneezing and coughing all over the place. I'm sure the customers didn't appreciate me until I got medicated.

My dad had the cauterizing, and, I swear, they use...

2008-05-01T10:42:00.000-04:00

My dad had the cauterizing, and, I swear, they used a YARD of gauze to pack his nose afterward. Not because his nose is huge (it's normal-sized), but because more gauze = more pressure against the healing wound. He said it hurt worse than breaking his collarbone. It looked it, too.

Does that mean I need to stop doing cocaine?

2008-05-01T10:09:00.000-04:00

Does that mean I need to stop doing cocaine?