That's more than a little concerning. Considering how tempered you're seemingly being about it, I assume this is something that happens fairly regularly for you?
Actually, and this may sound surprising, I never get them, or, rather, never used to get them; I had two - quite minor ones - so minor, I forgot about them, a week or so after my return from Bosnia.
I have never had nosebleeds. Not until now.
Then, this week, I had two - well, yes, quite, er, voluminous - actually, massive, nosebleeds, three days apart.
I was preparing dinner when I had the first, and - most improbably - was in the shower when the second occurred, this morning.
Sorry to hear that. Not sure what would cause a nosebleed like that? Do you get them a lot?
No, until this week, I have never had a serious nosebleed in my life, and - until a few weeks ago - I had never had any sort of a nosebleed.
I would be phoning my provider's emergency line to report the two recent nosebleeds, or to listen to the outgoing greeting on their infernal answering service setup, and then take whatever is their suggestion for acquiring emergency evaluation. But then I've never had a nosebleed so I'd be totally freaked out.
Well, I'm just back from nearly ten hours in A&E.
Nosebleeds are bad enough, but many of my poor peers in A&E seemed to have suffered from a variety of bad falls (recent weather, glassy, slippy, roads and footpaths offering a ready explanation), elbows, arms, eyes, legs, heads.....all requiring medical attention. And they were so immeasurably kind to me - the state of my nose offered an adequate and visible explanation for my presence there.
And then, there were the really serious and truly tragic cases, some with the pallor of what could not be described as - or mistaken for - anything other than a really serious condition; there is nothing like a few hours in A&E to put a bit of perspective on life and its problems.
Now, normally, I'd never venture near an emergency service at a week-end, especially at a week-end approaching Christmas, but, but but,......two nosebleeds in under four days, - nosebleeds where the bleeding did not cease within 15-30 minutes despite my following the relevant instructions, these merited a second - professional - opinion, if only to try to discover what caused the damned things. And, the second but: My GP does not work week-ends, and the locum would only have sent me to A&E anyway.
Okay: I have scripts (try finding an open pharmacy on a Sunday), and my GP will be written to, as will ENT for further exploration and examination.
Christmas - as I well recall with both parents - is not a good time for health issues to surface.
