Hey Garth, about that hematoma.
My most recent bike crash left me bruised from my ankle to my arm pit. Think eggplant, the color. Get a tube of Arnica Gel from your local pharmacy and apply the stuff two or three times daily. Your hematoma will simply fade away. Reduces the pain too. Trust me, I know bruises. And hematomas too. I got this cure from a friend of a friend who's a Royal Navy Flight Surgeon (ret.)
Mark Fulton Redwood City California USA
PS: There's a TDF connection here. The Arnica Montana plant, from which Arnica Gel is made, grows in the Pyrenees. It's that green stuff in the background of the mountain stages. How's that for "on topic?"
PPS: I've heard that the locals, in the Pyrenees I mean, not Redwood City, have been known to smoke Arnica leaves and/or flowers. Probably to cure bruised lungs or something, I don't know.