That sucks. Let us know what the doctors say. Never had a broken rib but being in constant/intermittent pain is something I can relate to right now. I tweaked something in my lower back a week ago. I think I weakened things with many dolphin kicks on a swim. Then two days after the swim I did weights and also a very small run on a treadmill. On the third day, as I was just walking around the house, I felt sharp pain as I twisted. Eight days later (today) it still hurts but it’s slowly subsiding. I’m feeling especially old today.
Ultrasound shouldn’t be used to diagnose rib fractures. It’s very time consuming. If you have a broken rib the last thing you want is someone pressing an ultrasound probe into your ribs. It doesn’t have a higher success rate than a standard CT in diagnosing fractures.
If you don’t have breathing issues you don’t need to see a doctor. They won’t do anything to fix the rib even if it is fractured.
I would want to know, as was mentioned above by the OP and others. I would want to know if a broken rib is what happened and also how bad it is. And the nurses. For the OP, I mean. You never know. This could be part of some grand plan.
Ha. Yeah, the nurses do often have fun practicing their English with the white foreigner - enough so that my wife got playfully (?) jealous last time she accompanied me to the hospital.
Wanting know if it’s broken or not is understandable. But it’s wasting the staffs time and resources as without breathing difficulties a chest x Ray isn’t clinically indicated.
I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but it may be 2-3 months, of course depending on the severity of your injuries.
Your pain sounds exactly like what I went through 4-5 years ago when I had a minor spill which ended up being a broken rib. I remember being off the bike for at least 2.5 months. It may have been a bit longer than necessary, but I made extra sure I was ok before getting back out and hurting myself more.
Ah crap. And by the time I’m OK for swimming again, the pool will be about to close for winter vacation. Sigh. If this is what I think it is, I guess I’m going to get a lot of walking in over the next month or two. Maybe it’s time to sign up for Audible again …
EDIT: and a sincere “F*** you” to the Apple Watch for reminding me that I haven’t yet exercised today. That thing may spend the next month in a drawer.
I’ll let my doctor know.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0735675708003239
Did you actually read any of the articles ? The last one confirmed what I said ?
The first examination is a chest x Ray. If they are not conclusive you move on to other modalities. Normally CT.
But a chest x Ray is not clinically indicated from what the OP describes. It doesn’t mean he won’t get a chest x Ray, it’s often done just to appease a patient as it’s quicker to do one than debate why it’s not needed.
Feel free to let your doctor know.
No, a sincere F*** you to the yahoo who rode uphill in the wrong lane and caused you to fall.
Well, the guy who had to slam on the brakes to avoid a head-on collision has more reason to be angry with the yahoo. I was a couple hundred meters up the hill when that was going on. The congestion that had me on the muddy shoulder rather than the drier road was a second- or third-remove knock-on effect of his idiocy.
Besides, my Apple Watch can’t sue me for slander, not even in Taiwan! (Can it? Siri, would you sue me?)
EDIT: hospital progress report … now 3:06pm, doctor started at 2pm, they’re now at #13, and I’m #47. But at least if I do schoolwork at the hospital I don’t have the cats to distract me. I still find a way to get on forumosa, however.
Get well soon, broke some a few years back, I remember having to do some yoga to even get out of bed. The pain subsided after a week or so, but had to be extra careful for a few months after that.
I had a friend jab me in the ribs and I knew was only bruised and not broken. But hurt like hell for a week. Didn’t want to move or get out of bed. Took 10 days to feel better.
I learned to protect my ribs if being attacked.
Weird coincidence but I was actually at Mackay’s ER last night for a similar reason.
Quite the experience I must say. No frills like the states, but also nowhere near the cost.
A bit horrifying though, the ER waiting room. Yeesh.
For better or worse, I opted not for ER, but rather for Orthopedics. Now 4:12pm, they opened at 2pm, they’re at #29 and I’m #47.
Oh good, now they’re at #19. That’s oh so promising.
ER waiting rooms can get bad. Remember, many of the people there are having one of the worst days of their lives.
I was sat next to a 3 maybe 4 year old girl completely covered in blood. She seemed alright … relatively speaking… but my god…
Hope all is well with ya!
Oh god. Yeah, that’s pretty high on the list of horrifying things.
To those upthread who suggested Orthopedics: this better be the right friggin’ place, and if y’all are snickering “Ha ha, the braces-doctor and/or foot-insert doctor is going to be really confused by this dumb foreigner asking about his ribs!”, well, shame on you!
Well, I wanted to send you to Obstetrics, personally, but I saw people above me had already given you the correct answer so I just went with it.