It's not exactly how I envisioned spending my Saturday. Was on my way to meet someone in Richmond around noon, and I was driving on the Knight Street Bridge when I sneezed. Then, next thing I knew, blood was gushing out of my nose like a faucet. I was like oh crap!!
I normally have a big box of Kleenex in the car, but I ran out last week. So I was frantically scrounging around for any sort of tissue. Finally I found one napkin. Thank goodness for that. But it was kind of a nightmare trying to drive with one hand while holding a napkin up my nose with the other - simultaneously trying to tilt back my head a little to stop the bleeding. But that only made the blood go down my throat. Gross, I know.
Every time I moved the napkin to see if it stopped bleeding, more would come out. This was a really bad one. I made it across the bridge and couldn't really find anywhere to pull over so I had to drive into the Richmond Auto Mall to park there. Had to call my friend to say that I couldn't make it because I was a literal bloody mess.
I was so pissed off too because it completely ruined my makeup. Seriously, I was having a good hair and makeup day, but it was ruined with the blood all over my face. Nasty! By the time I got home, I finally removed the tissue and the biggest piece of clotted blood came out. ewwww.... Yeah, I'm being far too graphic and it's totally TMI, but I don't care. I need to spread the misery a little to make myself feel better. Lucky you!
I think I need to get a humidifier or something though because I can't be having bloody noses all the time. I had a small one yesterday, and typically have it throughout the winter, but it's almost May and I'm not about to suffer through the summer with this. So yeah, that's my Saturday so far
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