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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Former Member
Oh Phil......take it slow coming back after a looonnngg rest. Ribs are notoriously slow in healing.
Heal fast, my friend. If it was me, I would be using D.M.S.O. to enhance circulation and hence speed healing.
A lot of people are afraid of D.M.S.O., especially Chirpractors, for some strange reason. I have used it fairly regularly since 1960 for bruises, burns and any sore spot. No visible negative results, unless you want to consider my attempts at 200 fly swims as evidence of craziness...........
All the very best and I hope you come back faster than ever.
Bert ~~~^o^~~~
Oh Phil......take it slow coming back after a looonnngg rest. Ribs are notoriously slow in healing.
Heal fast, my friend. If it was me, I would be using D.M.S.O. to enhance circulation and hence speed healing.
A lot of people are afraid of D.M.S.O., especially Chirpractors, for some strange reason. I have used it fairly regularly since 1960 for bruises, burns and any sore spot. No visible negative results, unless you want to consider my attempts at 200 fly swims as evidence of craziness...........
All the very best and I hope you come back faster than ever.
Bert ~~~^o^~~~
