thought i'd bump this thread if anyone's interested.
damn nosebleeds got out of control, got a second one in one day @ work last friday and made an emergency appt. with the ENT. went in and it had stopped bleeding, so she cauterized it, but a little bandage up in my nostril and like an idiot, i wasn't thinking sat. AM and blew my nose and away it went. bled forever so i had to lay back with pressure on my nose and it plugged up, finally stopped n had to walk around with TP stuck in my nose for a coupla hours. all good til yesterday, follow up appt, then RIGHt as i was walking in to dr, it started up again, and this was the worst one yet. good thing it happened there. they couldn't stop it, i was choking back blood, spitting it out, finally got it contained. turns out i have an artery exposed, so they packed my nostril with gauze and it sucks. have another appt on friday, and if this doesn't work, i'll have to get this balloon thing stuck up there with a string attached taped to my face. they said that would be the next step, and if that doesn't work, off to the OR for an electronic cauterization. my BP was like 114 over 70, so it's not that, obviously. no lifting for a week, no vitamins, alcohol, ibuprofen, any blood thinners which sucks b/c my head hurts and my nose keeps running with mucus (keep thinking it's blood). but, that's the scoop. i'm just glad it's not a brain tumor or something like that, just an artery that got exposed but it's still a real pain in the ass. they don't know how it happened, probably just from straining, but the funny thing is i NEVER got one lifting, always from just sitting @ work or home or wherever. i just hope they don't think i'm a coke freak or something lol.