Bad Ribs!

[Wildcat]

Hope your feeling better soon.

[LilSmoker]

Must be very painful indeed, get well soon  ;)

[Consiglieri]

Sorry to hear about the incident and hope that you've found a way to dull the pain.  I suggest finding some of those Crown Royal pucks, since they come with a bottle of Crown, for this purpose.

I was going to make a crack about Iceman's sauce, but I see that Giz beat me to the punch...line.

good luck.

[Ontrack]

Car54, I feel your pain, brother. Back in the early 90's I fell off a railroad bridge and broke 4 ribs, bruised a kidney,(peed blood for a month) pulled a groin muscle, tore all the hide off of one arm from wrist to shoulder, and broke two fingers. I spent about 3 weeks in the bed all drugged up, or I'm sure the pain would have been alot worse.
BUT-this past June I had an acute attack of gout-hopefully my first and last-that hurt me twice as much as the above injuries-and I believe you could throw a broken leg or two in the mix! I never knew there was anything in this world that could cause so much pain. I'm on preventative medicine now, but still have to watch what I eat. So I'm eating smaller briskets, pork loins, ribs,etc. Get well soon and take it easy on yourself, because in order to heal, you gotta chill.

[Duster]

hey car 54 just wondering how your doing with the broken ribs? hoping your getting around OK

[car54]

Thanks for all the concern. I am feeling rather well with very manageable pain. The 1st night was the worse. I made a mistake of lying down in bed to sleep. When I tried to get out I was in excruciating pain. Any move was like a knife in my side. I finally had to just hold my gut in and get up. I was screaming in pain. The next 4 nights I slept sitting up on the couch. It was difficult to stand up but a whole lot easier then getting out of the bed. I am thankful. It could have been worse.

Thanks, Brad

[Ontrack]

Glad you're getting through it. Did the docs give you that little machine to blow into, so you don't get pneumonia?

[car54]

On track, no they did not. They did listen to my breathing. I am surprised they did not because my lungs function is less then 50% due to life long asthma. The main thing is that I am healing very quick.

Brad