not pretty

okay, so my hairy chestiness aside (sorry - just look away - it's probably best), at least here's a journal type entry showing the haematoma washing through my left shoulder.

According to Wikipedia (if it's on tinternet = FACT - big F big A big C big T capital FACT)

from Bone Healing

"After a fracture, the first thing that forms is a haematoma, similar to that seen elsewhere in the body. This is a clot of blood originating from the lacerated blood vessels in the bone and the periosteum.

Necrotic bone is then resorbed by osteoclasts, and the haematoma by macrophages. As the haematoma is resorbed, granulation tissue develops from the periosteum and endosteum. When this has completed, pluripotent cells migrate into the granulation tissue. These cells become chondrocytes and later osteocytes, that produce cartilage and bone respectively. The structure surrounding the fracture site is now slightly harder, this is a provisional callus. The area can be called a proper callus as time goes on, and more and more woven bone is made by the osteoblasts. This woven bone is initially remodelled into lamellar bone. With time, the bone is remodelled over the next few months, and the callus becomes smaller, as the trabeculae are formed along lines of stress."

Two days after - swelling on shoulder almost hides entire distal third and ac joint on my left.

6 days after - swelling still present but haematoma on and below damaged area

it's not smart, clever, or pretty.