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I wrote some of this in the check in the other day. I have had broken ribs for over 8 weeks. Last Thursday I had rib Xrays that confirmed all three were still broken.
Everytime I talk to the nurse I get my questions brushed off. Like were they all they way broken through to begin with - is there any signs of healing ?. I would think after 8 weeks there should be some signs of healing or something is wrong. I get a I don't know or I don't have your chart in front of me or the radiologist that read it didn't say.
Everyone I have come in contact with in the medical field through my journey with these broken ribs - are just like yeah yeah broken ribs just take time blah blah blah . Well blah blah blah they hurt like hell and having chronic costochondritis and fibro with it doesn't help any.
It is bad enough that I am so limited with my fibro. I have a lot of things coming up - my son is graduating from high school and then a party for that - and I am going to file for divorce after that. My husband informed me he thinks the house should be sold with the divorce even though there is no profit to be had because we had to refinance in 2005. He is just being mean. He seems to have put the reasons we split up in his denial folder in his brain - he started drinking heavily after 15 years of sobriety and had no intention of getting help and stopping and he was stealing my pain meds. If he cant live here he doesn't want me to. Also, my son is probably going to continue to live with me and go to one of the local colleges - so this is will effect my son too. I don't want to move - it would land me in bed for sure. It is all just too much.
Sorry this turned into a vent / rant. But thanks for reading.
I have a call into the nurse again and if she cant give me the answers to my questions then I guess I will make an appointment with my Dr. You can see on the tests I have had if they were broken all the way through or if there is some healing. It is not rocket science.
Do any of you have experience with broken ribs ? I have 2 broken on the left and 1 on the right.
Everytime I talk to the nurse I get my questions brushed off. Like were they all they way broken through to begin with - is there any signs of healing ?. I would think after 8 weeks there should be some signs of healing or something is wrong. I get a I don't know or I don't have your chart in front of me or the radiologist that read it didn't say.
Everyone I have come in contact with in the medical field through my journey with these broken ribs - are just like yeah yeah broken ribs just take time blah blah blah . Well blah blah blah they hurt like hell and having chronic costochondritis and fibro with it doesn't help any.
It is bad enough that I am so limited with my fibro. I have a lot of things coming up - my son is graduating from high school and then a party for that - and I am going to file for divorce after that. My husband informed me he thinks the house should be sold with the divorce even though there is no profit to be had because we had to refinance in 2005. He is just being mean. He seems to have put the reasons we split up in his denial folder in his brain - he started drinking heavily after 15 years of sobriety and had no intention of getting help and stopping and he was stealing my pain meds. If he cant live here he doesn't want me to. Also, my son is probably going to continue to live with me and go to one of the local colleges - so this is will effect my son too. I don't want to move - it would land me in bed for sure. It is all just too much.
Sorry this turned into a vent / rant. But thanks for reading.
I have a call into the nurse again and if she cant give me the answers to my questions then I guess I will make an appointment with my Dr. You can see on the tests I have had if they were broken all the way through or if there is some healing. It is not rocket science.
Do any of you have experience with broken ribs ? I have 2 broken on the left and 1 on the right.
I do think you need to see your doctor if no one else will answer the question. The notes in your file should give that information, but it sounds like nobody wants to take the time to take a look for you.
Hopefully you can get some answers soon. My grandmother broke a couple of ribs when I was living with her and I remember how much pain she was in.
Maybe they are partially healed. Lets hope so. I feel for you because I know how painful costo is, its a killer pain in itself.
Wishing you the best and keep us informed.
Hope this helps