A few days ago I fell down my basement stairs (bedumbedumbedumbump - Hey Dad! that was funny!) and it looks like I cracked a rib. This is not fun, at all.
I asked the doctor if I could 'swim when I felt up to it' and he looked at me like I was crazy - apparantly he feels I could poke a re-cracked rib into my lungs, or something. It is the case that the only time I think I can swim is after I take my Vicodin (and then, fortunately, I fall asleep) but this does seem like an unlikely event to make me stay out of the water for a month or more.
Anyway, is there any experience or doctorly advice for me? I really don't see how I can swim right now - even if I float and kick, the wall seems like Mt. Capitan, but what about later?
Life is so dull, now, and kind of fuzzy . . .
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I busted two in the Corps...and it hurt like heck for 3 to 4 weeks. Some good advice...DO NOT go back after it until you feel better. I did and it took my ribs much longer to heal. I hope you get feeling better soon. Kicking without a board sounds ok, but let your ribs tell you how they are healing. I found that pain (in that scenario) was my friend. I felt pain…..but I was being a moron in need of backing off...unfortunately…. I WAS a moron and didn't listen to my ribs...Then again; they don't call us Jar Heads for nothing.
Kindest regards,
Tom Ellison
I busted two in the Corps...and it hurt like heck for 3 to 4 weeks. Some good advice...DO NOT go back after it until you feel better. I did and it took my ribs much longer to heal. I hope you get feeling better soon. Kicking without a board sounds ok, but let your ribs tell you how they are healing. I found that pain (in that scenario) was my friend. I felt pain…..but I was being a moron in need of backing off...unfortunately…. I WAS a moron and didn't listen to my ribs...Then again; they don't call us Jar Heads for nothing.
Kindest regards,
Tom Ellison
