Ok so I miss the NY Aqua fit spring Fling b/c of stomach virus at the weekend.
I sneeze and threw out my back yeserday morning and now am staring NEM or more accurately NO-NEM in the face. I'm gonna be a bad tempered breaststroker if I can't make it to NEM.
Whine, whine, whine, whine,
I agreed to sore knees, sore shoulder, manky ear, brittle hair, cold water induced atrophy, blocked bugle, stinking like clorox, and looking comical doing fly.
Why I gotta have lower back issues too? :'(
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..... away from all activity and sports and swimming.
This morning, slipped in my bedroom and fell face first. My chest hit the top corner of the humidifier. As I tried to open my eyes, I also felt like continuing to sleep but realized and decided that the "bed" was too uncomfortable. Succeeded in opening my eyes and found that I was on the floor. Tried to get up and yelled in pain. Took me about ten minutes to v e r y s l o w l y get up. Pain in the chest on breathing deep; pain on breathing. Pain worsening. X-ray at the hospital: rib fracture. Pain killers (Tylenol 3) and no activities for nigh on six weeks.
I didn't know it, but they do not tape a chest for (a) fractured rib(s) anymore; it impedes movement (thus reducing pain) but also impedes breathing which could lead to pneumonia.
Every once in a while, I forget myself and my "body" tries to take a deep breath; I feel (and actually hear) the grinding of bone on bone.
Guess the only swimming I'll be doing in the near future will be "surfing"
(and no :drink: with the Tylenol 3.)
0:mad: :frustrated:
A few years back, I broke a rib snowboarding (2nd day into a seven day trip). I purchased the smallest boys t-shirts I could squeeze into (with the help of a friend) and wrapped about 1/4 roll of duct tape around me. I managed to ride for the next 5 days, but the inability to breathe deep on top of altitude and pain meds made the experience "transcendental".
I tried to swim using a lycra top and duct tape but found it too difficult to breathe.
Hope you're feeling better soon.
disclaimer: don't try this at home.
..... away from all activity and sports and swimming.
This morning, slipped in my bedroom and fell face first. My chest hit the top corner of the humidifier. As I tried to open my eyes, I also felt like continuing to sleep but realized and decided that the "bed" was too uncomfortable. Succeeded in opening my eyes and found that I was on the floor. Tried to get up and yelled in pain. Took me about ten minutes to v e r y s l o w l y get up. Pain in the chest on breathing deep; pain on breathing. Pain worsening. X-ray at the hospital: rib fracture. Pain killers (Tylenol 3) and no activities for nigh on six weeks.
I didn't know it, but they do not tape a chest for (a) fractured rib(s) anymore; it impedes movement (thus reducing pain) but also impedes breathing which could lead to pneumonia.
Every once in a while, I forget myself and my "body" tries to take a deep breath; I feel (and actually hear) the grinding of bone on bone.
Guess the only swimming I'll be doing in the near future will be "surfing"
(and no :drink: with the Tylenol 3.)
0:mad: :frustrated:
A few years back, I broke a rib snowboarding (2nd day into a seven day trip). I purchased the smallest boys t-shirts I could squeeze into (with the help of a friend) and wrapped about 1/4 roll of duct tape around me. I managed to ride for the next 5 days, but the inability to breathe deep on top of altitude and pain meds made the experience "transcendental".
I tried to swim using a lycra top and duct tape but found it too difficult to breathe.
Hope you're feeling better soon.
disclaimer: don't try this at home.
