When I slipped and fell in a bath tub (landed hard on right side rib cage on the edge of the tub) it knocked the wind out of me for so long that my wife called 911. Once the EMTs got there I was breathing fine again. They shared that if I had broken or cracked ribs, adrenaline would keep the pain at bay for several hours, but warned that once the pain hit, sleep and movement would be very painful.
I went to a doc in a box to get some serious pain killers and asked about an x-ray to determine if I'd broken a rib. Doc was an old grizzled guy, said an x-ray most likely would not help determine that, and as long as a broken rib was not intruding into the body cavity, no treatment other than rest and pain killers was recommended. I needed meds for the first couple days, then I just used Tylenol. Max Dillon Charleston SC _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
