JFF - Mystery Bruises

Yup! I did mention it to my doctor and it was one factor he took into consideration for NOT recommending that I take a baby aspirin each day.

sorry...i don't wake up with mystery bruises...

hit the SIDE of our head on the headboard??? that must have been some W. sex...

my more memorable is my falling asleep with my son on the floor, and in his room is a metal heat grate. Yeah THIS mom totally fell asleep with her forehead on the metal bars.So when I woke up I am like "HOLY BANANAS batman my head hurts" I look at my husband who cant contain the pants ripping laughter. I get a look in the mirror. Looks like I could play tic tac dough on my head. GREAT! its a baseball hat for a week or more now!

Have you been like this your entire life?
I don't generally get bruises that I am unaware of, honestly.

I think I would mention it to my doctor the next time, and just ask if it means anything. Some people bruise more easily than others, but sometimes easily bruising can indicate a medical condition, unless you are elderly, in which case bruising can happen easily. You aren't elderly, are you?

ETA: It has also been linked with anemia.
http://bruisingeasily.net/why-do-i-bruise-easily/why-do-i...

I get mystery bruises regularly and don't think much of it. They are usually a fabulous shade of deep purple, are nearly perfect circles and are on the backs of my legs. I think I bump into furniture far more than I realize. Also I think the way I get out of my car creates many of them. The best was a series of scratches with small minor bruises around my left ankle recently. I asked my husband what kind of kinkiness we were engaging in but don't recall. He laughed me off after asking to see the scratches. He said if I needed reminding, then he would need to improve his skills for the future. LOL...

Well, if you're anemic, I'm anemic! Lol
I wake up with leg bruises too!

I have a scab on my shin. No idea how I got it. I, too, often get mystery wounds/bruises.

I always have bruises that I rarely remember the cause. I am fairly clumsy and will regularly do something and think "oh, that will leave a mark", then bruise, but not remember what I did that caused the pain. I have a glorious one right now across my calf from the dog's tether that is a bit painful (that one hurt enough that I remembered).
My son loves to push in the middle of any bruise and ask if it hurts...he's so cute. Often, I wasn't even aware there was one there until he points it out. I have always bruised easily

haha I could have written this! I woke up not long ago with a gigantic bruise on inner arm. It was at least four inches in diameter! Ugh... The mystery bruises pop up regularly on me.. :-/ In fact, my 9 yr. old got a mystery bruise on her arm over the weekend and she said, "Look mom, I'm turning into you!" lol

I WISH I could bruise when I bang myself.

I take that back. I'd be in turtlenecks and long pants year round.

I almost never bruise. Punched in the face (eye) hard enough to fracture my cheekbone and orbital and I didn't even get a black eye. Sniff. Ditto other broken bones. Much less random bonkings.

When I DO bruise... they're nearly always gone in a couple hours. I take photos to prove them sometimes on bets.

The ONLY time I 'bruise' normally is when I bruise the bone, and a few quirky ones. (Like I fell off my roof banister the other month but God Only Knows how I managed to catch myself on the post and and slid down a post the whole story instead of breaking my neck. It's perfectly symmetrical, STILL there, in the shape of a butterfly, or angel wings. I love it. Seriously... couple months later and it's still there. It's slowly fading, though, which is a sadness.)

I'll occasionally wake up with burns, bruises, etc. following dreams... but my body takes care of those fairly quickly.

My sister, otoh, bruises if you look at her wrong. It's like I got all her platelets or something.