This just in: a 44-year-old woman in New Zealand was partially paralyzed during a recent hook-up. When she couldn't move her arm, she went to Christchurch Hospital, where doctor Teddy Wu said the cause was the injury over the artery in her neck: the hickey!
The suction from the hickey left a bruise inside the blood vessel. A clot began to form in the artery beneath the hickey. The clot caused a minor stroke, paralyzing her arm. She was given an anticoagulant drug that eliminated the clot within in a week.
On a personal note: Not to be insensitive, but I love any story about a hickey. I happen to have a pink birthmark on my neck, and I have been teased about it since grade school. In junior high track & field, I was known as the "Spotted Speedster." The birthmark is really difficult to cover up with makeup because it just gets redder the more you touch it. Now, people notice it on first dates and in job interviews. I always thought it was a real drag…but at least it hasn't paralyzed me!
Can you believe this NZ woman's story? Do you give or get lovebites? Are you afraid of hickeys now?__
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