One week after the event.
I’d still know something was wrong with my rib cage, but it’s much better.
Several sneezes today, but it’s great to be alive.
I can tell you that thing about pressing your tongue against the roof of your mouth to stop a sneeze doesn’t work for me.
Might have a little aside here about a famous rib fracture....
I was ...
I’m still not sleeping on my side, but that’s not a huge problem. Another good night of sleep, and not too much problem getting out of bed.
I have been able to sneeze for the first time! Up to now, the process of sneezing seems to have inflated the lungs to a point where it becomes quite painful and when I ...
I can’t comfortably sleep on my side, but I have no great problems with that – I have had another good night of sleep.
I saw a short video message online today from Biff Byford, the lead singer of Saxon, one of my favourite bands. He’d had to have emergency heart surgery a few weeks ago and he’s just started posting ...
Again, I had a good night's sleep. The main discomfort is from changing posture and twisting movements.
I decided to commit to cancelling my holiday.
I found the process was more complicated than I expected, but in fairness, Aer Lingus do try to give you a variety of options before completely cancelling (as my fare was not refundable).
Also, there was job I ...
Much more painful than any of the preceding days. I might put some of this down to not taking my night time medication the previous night. I felt like a high altitude climber with low oxygen taking ages just to put my socks on. – and that was excruciating to do. By the time I was fully dressed I was ...
I woke from a good night’s sleep. It’s quite sore to stand up though. I had a shower with some apprehension but without incident. I will experiment with bathroom-appropriate footwear over the coming days, but it would appear that Darth Vader slippers don’t offer any more traction than my own skin.
Dressing with a broken rib
This was my first day where ...
I was still coming to terms with the pain and limitation of things. My initial plan was to cancel two days of patients and see if I’d be fit to work on day 3 and then challenge the sick certificate to see if I can get it shortened. As I was up and about on day 2, this seemed like ...
Needless to say, the blogs and the website aren’t meant to be an alternative to a proper orthodontic diagnosis and treatment plan and certainly they’re not meant to diagnose an orthodontic problem so definitely I’m in no position to be advising anyone about broken ribs. ...