IT's A MYSTERY!!

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At 5 PM yesterday I went down to the mailboxes and the 'usual suspects' were sitting, standing and talking so I joined them for a few minutes. I mention that because time-wise it seemed all was right. I spent the evening watching a good documentary and working on the Internet until about 9 PM and then decided to have a bite to eat so I heated up the chicken dinner I had prepared, took it to the dining table, put on a streaming movie and got the Sunday Times Art section and settled down. (I'm good at multitasking!) While I was eating my ear itched so I scratched it (in the first picture, above the ear, is a dot of red--later I decided that was what I scratched!) and continued with dinner, the movie and paper. A couple of minutes later I felt 'something' on my cheek so I put my hand there and my fingers were dripping with blood! I quickly grabbed a tissue and did what I could to stop the blooding which sort of seemed to be pouring from the ear down the cheek. When I got it under control I grabbed Liquid Skin--which I buy at The Dollar Tree--'The Better Bandage'--and put it behind the ear and along the side of it. Taking blood thinners I have found this is an easy, fast way to stop bleeding on legs, arms, etc. so I have stocked up on it! After it stopped bleeding I put my glasses back on and the stem on the right side had dried blood on it so I cleaned that off. I started thinking where/when the heck did the blood come from. I don't use a razor with a blade (I have an electric razor) so it wasn't a question of nicking myself besides I wouldn't shave behind my ear. My shirt was clean and after looking all over the apartment--I am very careful because of the blood thinners--I take 2!!--just looking at a door or the corner of a drawer can cause me to bleed!!! There wasn't any blood anywhere including the floor. I shrugged my shoulders and went back to the TV and the table. I may have scratched the liquid skin while sleeping because when I got up today I saw that I would have to buy 2 new bed pillows!!! Usually the liquid skin is 'solid' and you would have to get it off like you would take a bandage off--did I scratch while sleeping? I really don't know how the bleeding originally started but I have had a problem on my leg when I scratched it but I don't recall scratching my ear while working on the computing, eating, watching TV or ??????? Did I 'black out'? Did scratching the ear while I was eating start the flood of blood? ARGH!! Guess I'll have to wear a bandage over the liquid skin when I go to the theatre Tuesday but I won't when I go to the doctor on Wednesday. Ironically my cardiologist wanted me to talk to my vascular surgeon about getting a milder blood thinner to replace one of those I take but he wouldn't do it without my primary doctor okaying it so guess what is MY first conversation with my primary will be??? RIGHT!