Silverbear is in the hospital.

[bluegoatwoods]

I've got a tip for Silverbear and anyone else concerning aspirin, thin blood and bleeding.

Sometimes for me a wound will heal only very slowly under a band-aid. For those I put a cotton ball on the spot. Then I cut away the excess cotton with a scissors.

In about an hour or so it has formed a tough, thick scab. It'll take some abuse and it'll stay there ten days or so. And when it finally breaks away it leaves a nice dry spot that's almost normal skin.

 

[Ludwig II]

I leave all my cuts open as long as possible. The repair system has been around for millions of years working that way, I let it do it's job.

Some people are intolerant of aspirin and salicylates in general. I get a quite badly swollen tongue sometimes. It's important to know there are other blood thinners (not including the potentially lethal warfarin), I'm on Clopidogrel as an example.

 

[azbill]

glad to hear you are doing better
sorry I am so late in sending good karma (I don't come here as often as I used too)
I am sure that the good vibes (sent from the forum collectively) helped at least a little bit

 

[silverbear]

Bill, I'm sure that it has helped a lot. One wouldn't think a bunch of gearheads would have such kindness in them, but as we both know, this is a very special forum of fine people... and you sir are one of them.
SB