So I had surgery on the 1st of November and while I was in the hospital they gave me heparin shots pre-op and post-op to prevent blood clots. When they administered one of them I got a bruise which I know is normal and can happen. But yesterday I noticed I had a fresh deep purple bruise where one of the shots was given that I didn't have before. Is this normal? Have any of you experienced this as well?

You'll bruise pretty easily for a week or two now. I certainly did. Im 3 weeks post op and my bruises are just now about gone.

I didn't even put that together. Duh. Sometimes the blonde just takes over.

Yes, I had that too.

i had three huge, very dark bruises from the heparin shots. they took a good month to heal, too. it scared the hell out of me, but my doctor reassured me it was normal.