4wks out unexplained bruising

 so I was opening a drawer in my kitchen and after I opened it my finger swelled up I didn't hurt it or Jim it or nothing the only thing I felt was when it was swelling up and bruised fast too the middle part of my finger is bruised all the way around it.. it kinda freaked me out so I made an app with my doctor for wed I'm thinking maybe it might be my iron level.. not sure anyone else have this happen

that is weird.... but i can tell you that i bruise so easily post op (plus im so dang clumsy) that its a running joke that by day im a stay at home mom and by night im a deadly ninja assasin cause every day it seems like i have some new huge bruise that i dont remember recieving..

I also bruise much more easily since having surgery and I was an easy bruiser even before surgery but it's much worse now.  I always have at least 2 or 3 bruises on me that I can't explain.  I saw the doctor about this and she ran several tests which all came back normal.  Her only explanation was that after losing 125 lbs I don't have any cushioning left.  

 I'm having the same problem. My legs look like I'm being beaten, and I have no idea where they're coming from. My 6 month labs were all fantastic, so for now I'm just going with the 'less padding' theory.

The doctor appointment is a good idea, just to be on the safe side.  Are you on any kind of post-op heparin therapy?

not on any Heprin... just taking my vitiamins I have gone down some ring sizes lol 

I'm not a doctor, and I do not play one on TV, but I am a nurse and do have an opinion.  Seeing the doctor is a good thing.  It sounds like you broke a capillary in your finger.  Ice, elevation and compression are the best immediate treatment strategies for that.  My theory on why we tend to bruise more easily is because we are not getting the Vitamin K we need to help up clot as fast so we see more bruising.  This would be because we are not eating as many of those green leafy veggies and all those fats that we used to eat in over abundance.  I could be way off here, but it just makes since to me that we are getting so much less of Vitamin K rich foods, that our bodies are not as equipped to stop the bleeding as quickly as it could before.  I would be interested to hear what your doctor has to say on the subject.

Hope all is well.