Posted: 7/22/2009 11:06:07 AM EDT
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i fell 11' from a ladder this past Saturday. I landed on my left side I ended up with 4 cracked ribs , cracked in 6 places. I have never been in pain like this. thank god my wife is off work during th summer. I will probably be laid up for another week. 
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i fell 11' from a ladder this past Saturday. I landed on my left side I ended up with 4 cracked ribs , cracked in 6 places. I have never been in pain like this. thank god my wife is off work during th summer. I will probably be laid up for another week.
I have had broken ribs on several occasions. When I was a kid fell out of a tree while building a paintball fort and landed on a log. Not only that, but I had to hike several miles out of the woods to get back home. It was fun explaining to the doctor that I fell on a log. Most recently though, from a boxing match. Since my ribs are still F'd up from previous injuries, several of my ribs can dislodge pretty easily. That is not fun. It's fun isn't it? Hurts to breathe, sit, stand, lay down. Try getting into a swimming pool. That will about make you cry. 
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Dude that farkin sucks, I wish you speedy healing. I broke the tips of three ribs and tore the cartilage around them and it took an honest to God six months before I felt totally better. And its been a few months past that and when I twist just right or do something the wrong way, it feels like Chuck Norris just round house kicked me in the ribs for a moment or two.
I feel for you man, I know that hurts. 
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i fell 11' from a ladder this past Saturday. I landed on my left side I ended up with 4 cracked ribs , cracked in 6 places. I have never been in pain like this. thank god my wife is off work during th summer. I will probably be laid up for another week.
i think i bruised 3 ribs in highschool, and it took 2 or more months to go back to normal. doctors can come in and say i didnt bruise them but fractured or broke something, I dont know, all i know is a got hit good on my left side. 2 months is how long it took before i could sleep on that side without excruciating pain. breathing was always painful. |
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Thanks for the kind words.
I managed to get up and walk a little today. It felt pretty good to get out. What really sucks is, that I was going to work on my rifle range at the farm this weekend. I'll have to put that off until fall I guess. I'm going back to work Friday if I feel better. Damn this sitting around the house is getting old. |
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Ouch.... been there done that.... whatever you do, don't laugh, sneeze or cough. And don't Fap...... being layed up at home bored leads to wild imaginations........ trust me... it will be the worst fap of your life. Get well soon mate. Don't listen to this advice. It is flat wrong. Fap, alot. It relieves the pain. Doc gave me that advice, it works wonders! TRG |
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3 broken ribs. Broken scapula. Broken collar bone.
All on my right side. I stopped taking the vicoden because the pain was so bad I didn't think it was doing anything. Oh, it was working. The most intense pain I have ever experienced. ETA: I expect you will be sleeping in a chair for at least a few weeks. Try not to drool on yourself as much as I did. Good luck and get better. |
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Ouch.... been there done that.... whatever you do, don't laugh, sneeze or cough. And don't Fap...... being layed up at home bored leads to wild imaginations........ trust me... it will be the worst fap of your life. Get well soon mate. That's interesting. When I had my little array of broken bones, my body completely shut down with respect to coughing or sneezing. I lived in fear for a while, and then realized that I never even came close to a cough or a sneeze. It lasted probably three to four weeks. Quite a few people ended up feeling really bad if they made me laugh, though. Man that hurt. |