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So, in the health department lately, I've discovered something incredibly odd: my fingers, completely at random, will suddenly become covered with what looks like blue marker residue. It doesn't matter what time of the day it is, what I'm doing, where I am, no matter how clean my hands, whether I've even been within five feet of a blue marker or not, my fingers will suddenly become covered. Seriously. I've even watched it just suddenly appear and spread over my fingertips. It's weirding me out. I seriously doubt it's anything to truly worry about, but this is just...weird.

So, anyone else have any bizzare health-releated stories they want to share?

I once deliberately pulled my thumb back until the joint cracked. that's about as weird as my health history gets.

When I was ten, I was in the hospital for about 3 days because of a bicycle accident. On the third day I could eat a regular meal and one of the side dishes was peas. I poked my fork into one of the peas and it deflated. I mean, I heard it deflate and the pea became flat. I can only assume that it suffered from a medical condition worse than my own.

When I was ten, I was in the hospital for about 3 days because of a bicycle accident. On the third day I could eat a regular meal and one of the side dishes was peas. I poked my fork into one of the peas and it deflated. I mean, I heard it deflate and the pea became flat. I can only assume that it suffered from a medical condition worse than my own.

...how long did your parents cook those peas for? Holy crap.

That really does seem weird and I hope you keep us (Or at least me) informed with how that goes.

I'm afraid I dont ahve any unusal stories about health. I'm just the average guy, Both my thumbs are hitch-hiker and double jointed if that means anything.

So, in the health department lately, I've discovered something incredibly odd: my fingers, completely at random, will suddenly become covered with what looks like blue marker residue. It doesn't matter what time of the day it is, what I'm doing, where I am, no matter how clean my hands, whether I've even been within five feet of a blue marker or not, my fingers will suddenly become covered. Seriously. I've even watched it just suddenly appear and spread over my fingertips. It's weirding me out. I seriously doubt it's anything to truly worry about, but this is just...weird.

So, anyone else have any bizzare health-releated stories they want to share?
Maybe it just means you're really, really innocent.

*waits for someone to get the pun*

I had a status migraine earlier this year and forgot my own name...

Aside from that, when my blood sugar gets low enough, my short term memory is completely shot.

Maybe it just means you're really, really innocent.

*waits for someone to get the pun*

Blue is the opposite of red, he's imagining blue on his hands because he hasn't commited a crime?

Blue is the opposite of red, he's imagining blue on his hands because he hasn't commited a crime?

I'm female.

...in my head...

In all seriousness, though, that may be a possibility. Except I've shown the blue to others.

Actually, I do kind of have a story. It was an interesting day, I got Jamais Vu!

Scariest thing ever. It's when you completely forget everything, and learn it all back in clumps as you see it.

Nothing really medical though.<Lie> It's a pity, normally I have such good stories. </Lie>

I'm female.

...in my head...

In all seriousness, though, that may be a possibility. Except I've shown the blue to others.



In that case, do you happen to be royalty?

Royalty+Skin condition = BLUE!

I broke my thumb so badly the doctor told me I was gonna have to become left handed. I showed him.

Ok, I think I just got one. About 3 minutes ago I was cooking up me a steak, it spat oil at me. IT GOT ME IN THE EYE. Like right on the pupil. Jees it hurts, Anyone know the procedure for an eye-rinse when at home with no special equipment?

NOTE: Keep this thread on topic, I dont want to hijack it :)

In that case, do you happen to be royalty?

Royalty+Skin condition = BLUE!
Well, my familial ancestors were supposedly descendents of Scottish, Irish, AND French kings...

And I would suggest cold water. Lots of it. On your eye.

...how long did your parents cook those peas for? Holy crap.

Hospital food... my mother would never do that to me.

I stood on a nail once.
I sliced my foot open on a piece of metal cladding
Cut my thumb to the bone with a sardine tin.
I had my wisdom teeth removed, being drugged ain't much fun.

Hospital food... my mother would never do that to me.

Or would she? Do you really know your mother? Do you?

So, in the health department lately, I've discovered something incredibly odd: my fingers, completely at random, will suddenly become covered with what looks like blue marker residue. It doesn't matter what time of the day it is, what I'm doing, where I am, no matter how clean my hands, whether I've even been within five feet of a blue marker or not, my fingers will suddenly become covered. Seriously. I've even watched it just suddenly appear and spread over my fingertips. It's weirding me out. I seriously doubt it's anything to truly worry about, but this is just...weird.

It sounds like it's just Raynaud's Phenomenon. (http://www.webmd.com/hw/health_guide_atoz/str2161.asp?navbar=)
Excerpt:

Raynaud's phenomenon is a condition in which some areas of the body, usually the fingers or toes, have an exaggerated response to cold temperature or emotional stress. During an attack of Raynaud's, the blood vessels in the affected areas tighten, severely limiting the flow of blood to the skin.

Normally the body narrows (constricts) these blood vessels when the skin gets cold to help conserve body heat. Stress or exposure to cold temperatures may trigger an exaggeration of this normal body function. The fingers and hands (or, more rarely, the feet, nose, or ears) may turn pale, white, and later blue and feel cold to the touch. Sometimes fingers or toes feel numb and tingly, as if they have "fallen asleep," or they may become painful and swollen.

So, anyone else have any bizzare health-releated stories they want to share?Nothing really "bizarre" happens in the medical area to me lately. But I have learned, the hard way, never to cook bacon in the nude :eek:

Blue is the opposite of red, he's imagining blue on his hands because he hasn't commited a crime?
I was thinking more along the lines of "caught blue-handed", but good show, anyway.

Ooh, here's a thought: maybe Kyronea's hands are channeling dark and mysterious forces -- forces which are predicting a Democratic sweep in Congress on Tuesday! Woohoo!

Ok I've washed it quite thoroughly, adn am now wearing an Ice-Eye-Patch.

Eye is bloodshot, and very painful.


Also, when I was 4-7 yo (I'm not sure exactly) I stood on a nail, it went all the way through, I was confined to a wheelchair. Even on the airplane back home :)

Ok I've washed it quite thoroughly, adn am now wearing an Ice-Eye-Patch.

Eye is bloodshot, and very painful.


Also, when I was 4-7 yo (I'm not sure exactly) I stood on a nail, it went all the way through, I was confined to a wheelchair. Even on the airplane back home :)

Hope your eye turns out okay.

I was confined to a wheel-chair once. I shattered my right leg while playing soccer when I was twelve and was in the chair for about four months. I've never been athletic since, and have rarely been below 180 pounds weight wise. :(

That's really sad. It was only a few weeks for me, just happened to include the time I was flying back to wellington from christchurch.

Years (And I mean years, about 5-8 maybe) later, I got a veruka where the nail had been. I'm surprised it can be so long.

So, in the health department lately, I've discovered something incredibly odd: my fingers, completely at random, will suddenly become covered with what looks like blue marker residue. It doesn't matter what time of the day it is, what I'm doing, where I am, no matter how clean my hands, whether I've even been within five feet of a blue marker or not, my fingers will suddenly become covered. Seriously. I've even watched it just suddenly appear and spread over my fingertips. It's weirding me out. I seriously doubt it's anything to truly worry about, but this is just...weird.


Does it wash off, or is it your fingers themselves turning blue?

If the latter, see a doctor ASAP.

I had my wisdom teeth removed, being drugged ain't much fun.

Funny...I recall being drugged as the most enjoyable part of the whole wisdom-teeth removal experience. :p

Once, when I was 5, I was walking through a campground. On the ground was an invisible skewer. I stepped on it and it went right through my big toe. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That hurt...

Fergi America;11908649']Nothing really "bizarre" happens in the medical area to me lately. But I have learned, the hard way, never to cook bacon in the nude :eek:

I always cook bacon without a shirt, because I don't want my shirt to get dirty with the grease.

Anyway, I once got a hemorrhage in the shaft of my penis. There was a huge lump, and it hurt like hell. Lasted a week or two; I've never been so scared in my life. It still gets infected every now and then, but other than that, it's better now.

When I was ten, I was in the hospital for about 3 days because of a bicycle accident. On the third day I could eat a regular meal and one of the side dishes was peas. I poked my fork into one of the peas and it deflated. I mean, I heard it deflate and the pea became flat. I can only assume that it suffered from a medical condition worse than my own.
That was a rather surreal way to be cracked up first thing in the morning. Thank you. :p

Ok, I think I just got one. About 3 minutes ago I was cooking up me a steak, it spat oil at me. IT GOT ME IN THE EYE. Like right on the pupil. Jees it hurts, Anyone know the procedure for an eye-rinse when at home with no special equipment?
Ok I've washed it quite thoroughly, adn am now wearing an Ice-Eye-Patch.

Eye is bloodshot, and very painful.
:eek: :eek:

Erm, okay, if you live in a country where visiting a doctor won't make you bankrupt - Go NOW!.

You don't want to fool around with a burnt cornea. Like, seriously.

They may still tell you everything's fine, but I really, really don't think you want to just be assuming that by yourself. :S

A couple weeks ago I was completely devastated when my girlfriend left me. Later when I found out the true reason I went into some kind of shock paralysis. I was so sad that my hands and feet were completely locked. I tried with all my strength, but I couldn't straighten my wrists or move my fingers and toes for some five minutes.

So, in the health department lately, I've discovered something incredibly odd: my fingers, completely at random, will suddenly become covered with what looks like blue marker residue. It doesn't matter what time of the day it is, what I'm doing, where I am, no matter how clean my hands, whether I've even been within five feet of a blue marker or not, my fingers will suddenly become covered. Seriously. I've even watched it just suddenly appear and spread over my fingertips. It's weirding me out. I seriously doubt it's anything to truly worry about, but this is just...weird.

So, anyone else have any bizzare health-releated stories they want to share?

Dude did someone put methylene blue in your coffee? :eek:

Two by two, hands of blue!

(Points to whoever gets the reference.)

I always cook bacon without a shirt, because I don't want my shirt to get dirty with the grease.

You guys should grill your bacon, its better for you and it keeps in a lot more of the marvelous taste.

Two by two, hands of blue!

(Points to whoever gets the reference.)

I'll take those points.

Shiny. :)

So, in the health department lately, I've discovered something incredibly odd: my fingers, completely at random, will suddenly become covered with what looks like blue marker residue. It doesn't matter what time of the day it is, what I'm doing, where I am, no matter how clean my hands, whether I've even been within five feet of a blue marker or not, my fingers will suddenly become covered. Seriously. I've even watched it just suddenly appear and spread over my fingertips. It's weirding me out. I seriously doubt it's anything to truly worry about, but this is just...weird.

So, anyone else have any bizzare health-releated stories they want to share?

Heh the best one I have happend when I ws 18 months old. So for a while I had been pissing blood, and after many a test ect, the doctor says, 'Yep his foreskins too tight, we'll have to have that right off, ohhh we may as well do his little brother at the same time, just in case it's hereditary you know!' (or words to that effecft). Anyhoo a few years later I was having an opperation on my fucked up kidney, and umm lets just say me little brother has never really forgiven me.:p

So, in the health department lately, I've discovered something incredibly odd: my fingers, completely at random, will suddenly become covered with what looks like blue marker residue. It doesn't matter what time of the day it is, what I'm doing, where I am, no matter how clean my hands, whether I've even been within five feet of a blue marker or not, my fingers will suddenly become covered. Seriously. I've even watched it just suddenly appear and spread over my fingertips. It's weirding me out. I seriously doubt it's anything to truly worry about, but this is just...weird.

So, anyone else have any bizzare health-releated stories they want to share?

Er ... what are you washing the blue stuff off with?
Wouldn't be Dr Smurf's Super Whitening Soap ("Guaranteed to remove blue tinting, or your money back!") by any chance ... ?

You guys should grill your bacon, its better for you and it keeps in a lot more of the marvelous taste.

But afterwards I like to take some soft bread, soak it in the grease and the black residue, and eat it. I continue doing so until the frying pan is clean. That's the best part of bacon.

Fry bacon in beer. It's very, very good. Not a lager, though, has to be proper beer.

But afterwards I like to take some soft bread, soak it in the grease and the black residue, and eat it. I continue doing so until the frying pan is clean. That's the best part of bacon.

Dot dot dot... That's a bit gross.

So, in the health department lately, I've discovered something incredibly odd: my fingers, completely at random, will suddenly become covered with what looks like blue marker residue. It doesn't matter what time of the day it is, what I'm doing, where I am, no matter how clean my hands, whether I've even been within five feet of a blue marker or not, my fingers will suddenly become covered. Seriously. I've even watched it just suddenly appear and spread over my fingertips. It's weirding me out. I seriously doubt it's anything to truly worry about, but this is just...weird.

So, anyone else have any bizzare health-releated stories they want to share?

:eek: you're an X-man!!

Dot dot dot... That's a bit gross.

Yes, but ooohh so delicious. Don't be so prejudiced.

my hands and feet go purple with big pale pinky-orange spots when i'm cold. maybe that's a similar thing.

Yes, but ooohh so delicious. Don't be so prejudiced.

Lol, that's fair enough I guess. I just wouldn't want to be your heart-doctor.

Does it wash off, or is it your fingers themselves turning blue?

If the latter, see a doctor ASAP.

It washes off, as if it really were the marker residue it appears as. I still don't understa--

Holy crap there it is again. :headbang:

I have a weird skin condition where if someone or something apllies even small amounts of pressure on my skin- it welts up. If I take a pencil and write my name on my arm it will swell up into a legible signature.

Some form of Keratosis pilaris, its quite fun actually, I can draw WITH my skin instead of on it. :)

I have a weird skin condition where if someone or something apllies even small amounts of pressure on my skin- it welts up. If I take a pencil and write my name on my arm it will swell up into a legible signature.
Just coat the welt with ink, and you're a human rubber-stamp! :eek:

Two by two, hands of blue!

(Points to whoever gets the reference.)

Ah yes, the stream of consciousness that is River Tam.

I get these freaky pimple-esque things occasionally on my groin and super rarely on the rest of my body. When I pop them bloody pus comes out. It's quite disturbing. They normally pop by themselves after a few days and turn red and tender or hard, eventually turning into a red scar that seems to be just beneath the skin. Been happening for years. Aside from that, I have unexplainable pains in my abdomen (also recurring for years) sometimes so bad I have to freeze and wait for it to pass, wrong place for appendicitis, and I doubt it's a hernia. It's been my goal from age six to become 18, and make enough money to get this shit checked out without breaking the bank. (Cause you know they'll want to do all sorts of tests, and holy crap if I actually have something, my family wouldn't let me refuse treatment.)

I assume you're losing circulation, do they get numb?

You should see a doctor immediately.

On the point of worst medical mishaps, I cut through my left thumb tendon and nerves trying to force ice into a glass once.

The hospital I went to malpracticed on me by telling me it was a flesh wound and would be fine in a week, and putting in sutures so poorly that I got a staph infection. Because of that, I had to wait 3 weeks for surgery to fix the tendon.

I assume you're losing circulation, do they get numb?

You should see a doctor immediately.
No, my fingers aren't going numb. It looks like marker residue, washes off like marker residue, but appears at completely random times. :confused:

No, my fingers aren't going numb. It looks like marker residue, washes off like marker residue, but appears at completely random times. :confused:

Then you're either inattentive (and it really is marker residue), making it up (probably), filthy (take a shower, wash your clothes) or hallucinating.

I get these freaky pimple-esque things occasionally on my groin and super rarely on the rest of my body. When I pop them bloody pus comes out. It's quite disturbing. They normally pop by themselves after a few days and turn red and tender or hard, eventually turning into a red scar that seems to be just beneath the skin. Been happening for years. Aside from that, I have unexplainable pains in my abdomen (also recurring for years) sometimes so bad I have to freeze and wait for it to pass, wrong place for appendicitis, and I doubt it's a hernia. It's been my goal from age six to become 18, and make enough money to get this shit checked out without breaking the bank. (Cause you know they'll want to do all sorts of tests, and holy crap if I actually have something, my family wouldn't let me refuse treatment.)

I've read about something like that once: Penis blisters. Go see your doctor.
As for the pains in the abdomen, I've never had those, but I'd see my doctor on that as well.

No matter what I do at school, I always end up with pen ink all over my pinky. I think it's due to my habit of turning a pen in my hand.

I hit someone in the face and broke my fifth metacarpal earlier in the year. It bent at a 45 degree angle, but I didn't notice it for about 5 minutes afterwards.

The bad part was when we decided to go to the ER (doctor's office was closed). A doctor numbed it with novocaine, then waited 3 hours to set the bone, at which point the painkillers had worn off. Ouch. And then, it turns out that they set it poorly, and now I've got a permanent bend in that bone.

Not really an unusual medical problem, but it's the worst I've had.

I thought I had dislocated my shoulder (This was two years ago).

Later found out that I had a large greenstick fracture through the left side of my collarbone.

Also happens to be the first (And only) time I've ever had opiates.

I once woke up in the hospital, looked over and saw my mom, and asked "Why are we here? Who's hurt?" Figuring one of my siblings was, and we had stumbled to the hospital late at night, hence my incoherentness.

She looked back at me and said "You are." To which I responded "I feel fine." After which she informed that I couldn't remember anything. I stopped to contemplate this for a moment and relized she was right. It was really odd, and my short term memory struggled for several days after.

I was put through urine, and blood tests. Was poked, prodded, and needled near to death. And had no shortage of CAT scans. They have no idea what happened.

I still to this day am missing almost a week of my life.

Two by two, hands of blue!

(Points to whoever gets the reference.)

One of the best sci-fi shows in the history of televised sci-fi. Firefly. And damn to hell Fox!

Funny...I recall being drugged as the most enjoyable part of the whole wisdom-teeth removal experience. :p

Were you completly knocked out or just had a general numbing of your mouth?

Feeling groggy ain't fun.
Unless Groggy was some hot woman, but with a name like that she'd probably be an ugly Bulgarian hag...