Broke a rib, double doggone darn! 67 is too old for that kid stuff!

[MoKelly]

I broke a rib when I was 70. Doctor raised all kind ot He!! with me for being on a ladder as a coumadin taker. 1 month later I was back on that ladder still in some pain lessened with codeine pills. I never did learn to follow doctors orders, too much work to get done. Ron

Now that is an idea --- climb back on the ladder under the influence of pain pills! Are you married? My wife would have killed me if I had done that! :laughing:

MoKelly

 

[oosik]

I fell down on a rock - on my shoulder - two months ago. When it wasn't better in a week - went to the Dr. Damaged my shoulder socket - only time and stretching/strengthening exercises will repair. It still hurts at night and makes sleep difficult. Man - do I ever know your pain.

 

[gsganzer]

I hope you heal up quick Harv! I broke my tail bone a few years back. I was painting my pipe fencing and I needed something to stand on so I could reach a little higher up the gate posts to paint the tie rail that spanned over the gate opening. So I thought it was a good idea to use the pick up bed rail to stand on. The only problem was my truck had a plastic drop in bed liner and I had some of our black gumbo mud on my feet. My feet went out from under me and I landed on the top rail right on my tail bone. Lucky I didn't land differently and break my back or worse.

That tail bone bothered me for over a year. Hopefully your ribs heal quicker.

 

[Egon]

Ouch that hurt. Getting blindsided like that is painfull. Keep active but don't overdo it!

 

[wroughtn_harv]

I hope to be back working this afternoon. I will be careful and since I don't ever take anything stronger than Aleve for pain I understand that it will hurt if I'm sitting in the living room watching the Open or tigging up a little project at the shop.

 

[wroughtn_harv]

Arkansas outside of city limits, LOL, code? I've explained to the owner of the facility that a lot of his big spenders are lawyers. Lawyers always have lawyers.
I was working that evening and since except for yesterday. It was just that the pain found a new high and was different from what a bruise, my assumption, should feel like.

Nice railings...but without returns, are they going to pass code (if it matters)?

Heal up, man. I fell on my weed whacker handle last week running from a bees nest and got a pretty nicely bruised rib, but sure it isn't broken as i could function within a day. Still hurts to sneeze. And amazingly no bee stings. I think I moved far enough before they caught on...

 

[bigtiller]

I figured out how to suppress a sneeze when i cracked mine.

Swallow a small sip of water or what ever is handy. A really small amount, just enough to have something to swallow. Now swallow it numerous times as fast as you can until you have "swallowed" the sneeze.

For a cough, give yourself a nice tight bear hug and pray you can "blow" it out.

Good luck.

 

[dragoneggs]

............or, heaven forbid, sneezing.

Oh yeah... sneezing is the worst. With laughing the pain quickly dampens your mood and you stop. I remember I had an uncontrolled sneezing attack (hay fever) and I felt like I was being hit by multiple rounds. :laughing:

 

[DrRod]

Hold a pillow tight against your ribs or whatever else hurts when you sneeze or cough. It really helps -- gently keeping the damaged parts from moving.

 

[wroughtn_harv]

Well, I've had enough of this recovery crap. Tomorrow I will get some things done, promise.

My wife called my dad today to tell him my bruised ribs was a broken one. You see he broke three of them five weeks ago and he's back on the mountain. He's 89. He spends his summers on the Rim in northern Arizona, him, his ratty old motorhome, ratty old Ranger pickemup, and then there's the ratty old dog. He moves every two weeks from camp ground to camp ground dry camping.

About 35 years ago there was an accident that involved multiple cars, broken motorcycle helmet, and separated ribs. Pole position in a heat race and the boy behind me hooked up and I didn't. He tapped me and I met the wall just below the flagman. Didn't hurt the wall at all. I didn't miss any work but every morning I had to lift out a telephone manhole cover to work as a contract splicer all day and then slide it back into place at the end of the day. First week or so that lid made me cry like a girl for a minute or two a couple of times a day.

Yesterday was an anomole because I've been able to cope with the pain/discomfort for the most part. I figure the rough road did something to the fracture to tick it off. So tomorrow I will take a different route and hopefully that fracture will act nice.