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[Pedro]

Yep, they don't tickle. I know a certain someone that thought he had done cartilage damage, went to the doctors about a month later when it hadn't gotten better and the ensuing x-ray showed a broken rib on the mend. They did offer pain medication but it was a bit late by then!

Because of the way I had done it and what I did subsequently - sympathy level from the wife - zero ...   :-/

Pedro

[JeffH]

Steve,
A silly accident. Doing some trenching work and leaned the crowbar up against a pole. When I turned back to it later was exactly when it decided to slide off. The head smacked me on the left of my chest. Only sore for a few minutes.
Next morning sore again but only a little so I went weeding in the garden -BAD MOVE THAT!

Uni I know that song and it does not help at all
Some of the things Dr Google lists as causing pain, as well as coughing, are deep breath, sneezing and LAUGHING. And one I discovered all by myself....blowing your nose!

Pedro,
Your sympathy level comment mirrors the situation here. She had me out blackberry picking this morning but gallantly offered to drive to the location. Needless to say I was well outpicked.

The thing I don't like is the consensus, medical opinion that it takes six weeks to heal. Except one clinic in Louisiana says, if you follow your doctor's advice, you will be right in a couple of weeks.

[Pedro]

Jeff, I think the Louisiana clinic must have their patients smoking something on the side to feel OK in 2 weeks :dodgy: ! Should be 6 - 8 weeks to be fully sorted. I recall my doctor giving me calcium tablets for a couple of weeks to aid the process.

I was silly enough to play tennis with those large oversized racquets the next day (in hindsight: not recommended!).
At least with table tennis I could hold my side with the other hand :laugh2: . You can probably understand why the wife's sympathy meter was reading so low!  

I don't see how footballers bust ribs and keep playing. I suppose those injections must work wonders but once they wear off ....

Pedro

[JeffH]

I might check out the calcium idea. Or take up drinking lots of milk.

[jens coins]

You have to be careful you don't have too much calcium as this can cause spurs to grow.
Kim had that problem when she broke her pelvis in the car accident.

[JeffH]

I did some research Jenny and found that my diet includes sufficient calcium. Other important factors are protein and vitamin D (not a problem in this sunny climate).
Thanks for mentioning that as I have spurs on my vertebrae and could need an operation at some later date -don't want to make it worse.

[JeffH]

Rib report
It's settled down now and, as long as I am careful, not much pain.
I can report that laughing is not as bad as coughing. Spicks and Specks tonight had the Frank Woodley recreation of Nell Campbell's 'Do the swim" nipple slip. I had seen that before so, no problem. Then I saw something I can't recall from previous; Myf was laughing so hysterically she fell off her chair and took some time to compose herself and get up. That did set me off but, I was enjoying the moment, so not a real problem.
A little stab of pain then. But not as bad as when I was drinking a ginger beer the other day and some went down the wrong way -huge, involuntary cough cleared that problem but left me clutching my chest. Needless to say I approached the rest of the glass very circumspectly!
The thing I have noticed most is reaching for the seatbelt in the vehicle. I am pretty well cured now of that conditioned reflex. Good thing my old Hilux has power steering (not common in that vintage) otherwise, no way I could drive it at present. Long trips, however, are definitely out.

Sympathy welcome but not expected.

P.S. Pedro, how did you do your rib in? C'mon 'fess up.

[Unicorn]

:laugh2: On ya Jeff! Plenty of sympathy here ....... I've finally gotten over the 60kg+ steel plate that fell on my foot just up my foot near my little toe. It was the 90 degree angle that hit too, so all the impact was in one spot. Sent basically all my foot black and very swollen and I hobbled frantically around for about 3 weeks before it started to ease. Thought I might have broken something but had too much on to do anything about it so just kept going. Glad to say it's all better now.

[Basil]

:laugh2: On ya Jeff! Plenty of sympathy here ....... I've finally gotten over the 60kg+ steel plate that fell on my foot just up my foot near my little toe. It was the 90 degree angle that hit too, so all the impact was in one spot. Sent basically all my foot black and very swollen and I hobbled frantically around for about 3 weeks before it started to ease. Thought I might have broken something but had too much on to do anything about it so just kept going. Glad to say it's all better now.

Best to see a Doc. thou. Uni.,easy to get clots at our age.

Best wishes to Jeff as well.

[Unicorn]

Thanks Basil, I do have to see the doc soon and will get them to check it out when I go. I seem to be being more of a clot the older I get! :laugh2:

[Pedro]

Rib report

P.S. Pedro, how did you do your rib in? C'mon 'fess up.

We had a corporate conference up in the Blue Mountains and the agenda included a games afternoon. Human Resources, I think it was, randomly allocated each staff member to a team for a series of assorted events.

The offending activity was a tug of war. As luck would have it the opposing teams ended up looking like a match between David and Goliath. I was in the garden gnome team and all it took was one yank of the rope and we went down in a sprawling heap. Because we had twisted so quickly I thought I had perhaps done rib cartilage damage or suffered bruising from the rope (which had coincidentally ended up tight across my ribs). While it was tender on the day not too much of a problem.

And so much for David slaying the giant :dash1:

Next day, playing tennis and table tennis it was definitely more of an issue and by the Sunday getting up out of a chair was not a happy event.

Strangely, it wasn't until several years later that I was talking to one of the IT guys at a staff reunion and we were discussing the carnage on the day (hamstrings etc) and he told me that he had been behind me in that tug of war and had landed on me with a knee. Explains much. 


Good to hear that you are feeling more sprightly Jeff. :good:

Uni: Ouch! I hopped about when my brother dropped a shelf on my big toe but that was only about 5kg. 60kgs - wowsers. :shok:

Pedro

[JeffH]

I dropped a sledge hammer on my little toe once -it ended up rather squashed.
Healed OK but ever since that toenail has been a strange shape.

We must be accident prone, clumsy idiots!

[Pedro]

We must be accident prone, clumsy idiots!

I prefer to think of it as being in the wrong place at the wrong time

Pedro

[JeffH]

A resident in our garden. It is a rare day that I don't see him (her?). Tolerates me coming quite close -does seem a little nervous then but has never 'frilled' at me.

Eastern bearded dragon.
Has taken over a territory previously occupied by a blue tongue lizard.

[jens coins]

We used to have one like that Jeff that we would hand feed grasshoppers to.
Haven't seen it for a couple of years.
It would crawl over your hand and you could pat it.
It felt like sandpaper.