Today I eventually woke up for the first time with no headache. It looks like my migraine is gone,just in time for the party we have tonight. It is a fancy dress party and I am now regretting not to attend it dressed as a zombie. After I have spent the last three days in a semi-comatose state, locked inside my house in the dark, I could in fact just show up with my bare naturally greenish face and be as scary as hell.
Even if the headache is gone, a few days on heavy painkiller left me a bit numb.Breaking all my records I managed to injure three of my fingers at once. I went to the garden to get some flowers and a humungous rose’ thorn got stack into my right index. Once inside and on my way to remove it I stopped by the bin and pressing down the rubbish I sliced two other fingers on the lid of a can I had just opened.
Three plasters later the cuts were still bleeding heavily, the thorn was forgotten and now totally disappeared under my skin.
When we got together, the traveling husband was not told since the beginning what he was bargaining for, until the first time he saw me slicing a cucumber and my fingers without making a sound until the chopping board changed its color from white to red.In that occasion he discovered that the tip of my left index has no sensitivity left after I chopped off all the nerves,along with the finger,and doctors had to surgically stitch it back to the rest of the hand. Thankfully love won over the fact that his wife not only has a problem with kitchen knives but she also needs to be told when she cut herself on some particular fingers in order to avoid her to bleed out.
Years after years and cut after cut the traveling husband’ s training as a surgical nurse when he was in the army, came very handy and after that one time I severed an artery on the palm of my hand, he also learned how to categorize my injuries: if the blood squirts everywhere for over two hours,that is the benchmark that the matter can’t be resolved at home, a drive to the hospital is required.
Twenty years with a woman who slices her fingers most of the times she uses a kitchen knife, did teach the travelling husband much better than panic coming home to find blood traces around the house, and so when Saturday he came home and saw the trail of blood on the stairs, he simply called: “Is it squirting ?”. “No just dripping”, I called back and I heard him throwing the car’ s key back in the bowl and turning the tv on.
I might not have needed to go to the hospital, but I was extremely uncomfortable: the rose’s thorn went more in-depth, and because I am too much of a sissy to go deep in with a needle I just decided to leave it there and simply covering it with a bandage so that it won’t hurt at the touch . In the meanwhile, the plasters wrapped around the other two fingers were not sticking because I kept wetting them and as a results everything I was touching it was stained in blood.The only plausible solution I could think of was covering the plasters with waterproof sellotape for parcels.
I know, utterly bizarre but it worked.I stopped dripping blood everywhere and rigorously using only two fingers of my right hand I also managed to dress up and more or less successfully spread vampires and witches make up on me and my gang.
At the end my persistence was rewarded and right in time for the party I could remove in total safety the plasters and use my fingers to hold my glass:four fingers because the thorn is still there………..a problem for tomorrow,when I will hopefully be braver and use that needle .
Ouch, ouch and ouch!
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🤷🏻♀️😂
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Ugh! You get migraines? I’m sorry for you! They are terrible!
Gosh, what an interesting post this is! You make me want to get rid of all of my knives!
I am so glad you have lived to tell your tales 😊
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Lol,thank you dear and don’t worry the knife that can defeat me is still not born tet🤣😎
Migraines are horrible,I have been diagnosed with chronic migraine over twenty years ago so learned to cope with it even if I must say in the last years it is much better😀
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Hahaha that’s the spirit!!
Oh I’m so glad if they’re better!
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If that is your Halloween picture, you look amazing–like a gorgeous Time Warp Dancer (because of the cute hat) from the Rocky Horror Picture Show. Hope your fingers are doing better and the evil thorn is removed. You, with knives in the kitchen, sound like Halloween horror film in the making. Sorry to hear about the migraines.
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Fingers cut are still quite dire and must confess the thorn is still there….I might need my husband nursing skill for thst😱but migraine is gone and my mood is back to it bubbly self😉
P.s
I love the hat too,2 euros at the pound shop😀
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If you see pus around the thorn, get the traveling nursing husband to extract as soon as possible. The more infected it becomes, the more painful it will be. (May require some medicinal wine at the very least.)
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I might fake the infection just for your suggested medicine tnougj😂🍷
Jokes apart tonight I have to do something about because it’s sore and finger is swelling😳I’ll keep you posted😉
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I suffer from both migraines and cluster headaches. I truly sympathise, they’re awful. I’m glad your better! Do you take any prescribed migraine meds? There are some great ones
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Yes I do but the dude effects are very heavy so I tend to take them only when really needed.I have been diagnosed with chronic migraines in my twenties.
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That really sucks. I’ve had both since I was in my twenties too
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May be we are just so intelligent that our head can cope with the weight of our brain😂
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And I thought I was accident prone, I’m glad you are recovering nicely!
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Tripping is an other of my thing ….you can immagini ne the stress every time I have to take an escalator 😱
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Loved this real life Halloween story. Please, stay away from knives. 😎🙂
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Lol,I wish I could😳I’m just glad that I have a husband who know how to homestich🤣🤣🤣🤣
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He sounds like a Swiss army knife. Whatever’s needed, he has the the skill. 🙂
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Well may be that is to push it a bit too much🙄
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🙂😎
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Definitely a week to forget Eh?
Please do all your readers a favor and get that prickly thorn out your finger as soon as possible Ortensia. It may clog your nerves and complicate the whole process 😒😒.
On a side note, you look great all ready for that party of yours. I hope your finger didn’t stop you from having fun. I see you’re getting in the spirit of Halloween 😄.
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ThAnk you my friend❤️😊and at the end I had great time and not even thought about my fingers but today the thorn is really sore so definitely tonight it will be removed…..in a way or an other😉
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Hope it doesn’t pain too much. Best of luck ❤.
I get the feeling that the traveling husband needs to keep his eyes on you more so than he needs to keep them on your daughters 😂
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Poor man he needs eyes behind his head too🤣🤣🤣🤣
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Is Halloween different in Ireland?
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Different than from the states? No I don’t think so just probably our treats are smaller 😉
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😂😂😂 so you’re telling me giving out king sized Reeses isn’t a good idea
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😂😂😂no no I’m just saying I wish they do it here too😂
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Ouch! Migraines could be a sign of bigger problems. Look into it girl!
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Thank you Georgie,unfortunately migraines is something I live with since my early twenties when I have been diagnosed with chronic migraines.i have prescriptions pills for when they are really bad but this time it felt like my neck was involved too……the Joey of aging 😬
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Oh no ! BLOOD ! *faint* 😉 ❤
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Oh no,stop reading then Ralph…..i don’t want to cause you trouble😂
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My sister always used to say not to worry about splinters – surely a thorn is a big splinter? The soft tissue would recognise the foreign body and become a little bit septic and because the wound would then have softer flesh around it you could push out the splinter swiftly with a credit card! Hope it heals quickly 🙂
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Yes your sister is right,our body tends to expel anyway foreign bodies.The thorn is still too deep for me to be able to remove it so I’ll have to wait exactly as your sis says.🤷🏻♀️
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Sharp post! You gave a nice slice of life here. You really cut it to the core.
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Ha ha ha sharp comment😉
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😉
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LOVED READING THIS, as usual
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Thank you dear❤️
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You’re very welcome ortensia!
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Understand. Not being sensitive to pain is an advantage I also share. But potentially bleeding to death can ruin your whole day
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Lol,yes and not to mention all the cleaning to get rid of the blood🤪
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I clot fast. Holds down the mess
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Sherlock Holmes: A vampiress who squirts blood.
A most intriguing phenomenon, Watson.
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😂😂😂😎🧛♀️
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I am glad you are recovering nicely.. You are one brave woman!❤
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You are too kind😊
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Savlon is very good to put on thorns, it will help it come out.
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That is good to know as it still in there .thanks for the tip😀
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What’s a Halloween party without blood? Marvelous getup!
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Right?!😂👻🧛♀️
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Now that’s a bloody start to the Halloween festivities!
Oh, by the way – thank you for following The Monching’s Guide! 🙂
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Lol,yes what Halloween without some blood right?😂
Thank you for reading and absolutely my pleasure to follow you just be patient with me as I’m struggling with time at the moment also it might take a while to catch up with posts😊have a good day😀
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It’s fine, take your time!
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Ouch, ouch, ouch Ortensia. you sound like a lioness with a thorn in your paw, and I’m sure it’s sore. And I’m always cutting myself too, I’ve a couple of numb and dumb fingers too, so I’m truly sympathizing with you. I’m so glad your headache/migraine has dissipated, it’s an awful pain, I know, I wake up with a headache everyday, from my neuralgia pain. Stay well my friend, and avoid those knife fights….. xx
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Thank you my Ivor and believe it or not that thorn is still in my finger ☹️
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Oh… ouchie… you must get brave and remove the thorn, before it causes more trouble than just a sore paw xxxxx
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I have faith in body to feel is a estranged body and push it out ……..sooner or later😂
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Oh, I hope it’s sooner rather than later in xx
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Me too😬
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😘😘
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Yikes ! I stabbed my hand once and thought I had stopped the bleeding, but it broke open later and I ended up getting 9 stitches
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Auch😭
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Now that sounds like it would be a problem! You don’t watch while you chop?? 😉
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Lol,The problem is that I do😳
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I’m a headache sufferer, but I haven’t had a severe migraine in 2.5 years since I started taking MSM. You can get it at any natural health food store. I take three per day, with food. I used to have migraines that lasted 8 hours with vomiting.
https://www.webmd.com/vitamins-and-supplements/msm-methylsulfonylmethane-uses-and-risks#1
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Thank you for the tip .it sure worth a try😀
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That sounds horrid! You poor thing. I hope your fingers are feeling better and you are staying away from knives and trash bins! Sending healing hugs! 🤗 ❤️ 🤗
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Ah,thank you dear.unfortunately me and knives are bond in this bloody relationship🤷🏻♀️But sure I learned not to push the trash in the bin😎
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You had quite the week! Certainly glad your migraine decided to leave before the party. Your fingers…ouch! Glad that there was no squirting 💗🎃
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Reblogged this on IdeasBecomeWords and commented:
Oh, how delightful to be sipping my
first cup of tea and to be giggling,
then laughing out loud at this wonderful
post by my friend over in Ireland.
Ortensia describes the Travelling Husband
so well in all her posts, we get a great
visual of the goings-on between
the onion chopping board and the
trips to the garden centre.
xx
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😘😘😘you are too kind
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This was a great read .. sorry I found myself laughing at your cuts and bleeding, but you describe them all so well!
I am happy that your migraine went (has it returned?) they are sods.
Viola
xx
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Don’t worry ,I learned to laugh about my cuts too……what else can you do tho?!🤣no migraine back for weeks now🤞🏻
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Long may that last (the lack of migraine .. not the constant cuts) 🥂💫
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You are one perfect zombie…you even don’t need to try or pretend 🙂 you should start to build an army 🙂 bite the first person you see now haha
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🧟♀️🧟♀️🧟♀️🧟♀️😂
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So you 😂😂🕺🕺
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