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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Wow, Phil, sorry to hear about your accident. I guess you won't be joining me in the Backstroke lane for the 50X100s next Friday then. I hope you recover quickly and can mitigate the pain.
Wow, Phil, sorry to hear about your accident. I guess you won't be joining me in the Backstroke lane for the 50X100s next Friday then. I hope you recover quickly and can mitigate the pain.
