Question: Last night I noticed a large dark bruise in my lower abdomen - it is just bit above the incision scar from my having my appedix removed 27 years ago. There is no pain, I have had no injury or strain that I can recall. It just appeared last night as I ermoved myclothes to take a shower. It is oval shaped approx 3.5" x 1.3" - today the color has lightened a bit

Thank you Dr. XXXXXXX To answer your question, no I do not inject insulin in that area. Occasionally I will inject it in the area to the right or left of my navel, but that is not often nor recent.

Another thing that I thought of that happened 4 days before this presented was that my right thigh, just above my knee was injured by accidentally walking into a piece of metal. It was hit very hard, I screamed in pain and I am convinced that had I been shorter the hit would have fractured my patella if it had hit my knee straight on like it did my thigh. I fully expected that there would be a terrible bruise from this injury, but after applying some medicinal oils, I was surprised that my thigh area had no discoloration from the injury and the pain and inflammation quickly went away. The injured area on my thigh is approx 38cm directly above this bruise on my abdomen. Do you think there is any possibility that the use of the oils which contain helichrysum (known as an anticoagulant), wintergreen, clove, and peppermint (which are said to increase circulation and the body's ability to dissapate the bruise) may have caused the bruise to move into another area of my body - 38cm directly above the injury? Thanks for your attendance and advice.