yes slipped rib

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Got an actual Dx today. Exactly what I thought, slipped rib, but a treatment plan of sorts 🙂

So last week I pressed my 8th rib with a bit of force- well not really I was leaning over a chair and must have hooked between the 7th and 8th ribs (easy to do as they sit differently) and when I moved pushed one in. I can usually wiggle the joins anyway so this is something to be aware of for life.

But it’s definitely popped out- the connection between cartilage and bone split so I have a long recovery and I need to take it seriously to try and help the rib settle back in place as well as it can.

So rest, good posture, and more rest. So I need to avoid crowds for a while in case I get jostled and any knitting over the break gets disturbed.

 

Several years ago I broke my toe. Then rebroke it. And again it was the connection between bone and cartilage that I broke so this is something I need to take seriously.

 

I feel stupid for injuring myself so easily, but my GP is also aware that I have been on long term medication for a long term disease and that has consequences. SO it wasn’t a stupid injury, it was the result of serious issues that I need to be super careful about. Like upping Vit D. Right now also am having lots of iron and B12

Comments

[clothsprogs]

Good luck with the healing period.

It isn't stupid - you did a perfectly ordinary thing and it resulted in an injury. If you were to avoid doing ordinary everyday things just because there's the possibility you could injure yourself, you'd quickly end up with no uality of life to speak of.

Teddy

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Unfortunately this has been a reminder that I am more fragile than I feel.

Quality of life is also measured by risk payoff balances. This kind of injury reduces quality of life in very quantifiable ways. It's not like fatigue, which has been debilitating to be fair. But it doesn't cause this kind of damage. Though it can lead to forgetfulness which leads to this kind of thing....

I have to think about the repercussions for the next few decades. Heck it could be 4 more decades. That's a long time to live with doing something done now.