[smearo]

has anyone cracked a rib bone before ?
how long did it take to heal ?
what painkillers did you take ?
btw im in fiiinnnn agony...

[TC1]

ah mate, I haven't cracked a rib but I have bruised them before in a petrol go cart and It fliipin kills, you got my sympathy. Take 400mg Ibruprofen and 1g of paracetamol every 4 hours should take the edge off it!! Get well soon

[Gav Camm lammy 283]

slipped on sum spilt ale on a pub floor
wearing leather shoed loafers straight in the corner
of the old pool tables cracked 3ribs healed after 6wks
ouch was sooooooo painful  

[smearo]

lammy 3 ribs ouchhhhhh
did you still manage to work?
i have taken this week of already..
thats where the rainy day money comes in handy lol..

[spongebob]

FFC.
I cracked 3 once when I crashed my motorbike. I went to work the next day and was led down under a bath plumbing it up. It had been ok till then and it hurt so much I had to crawl on my back to the top of the stairs where I could sit up. I took the rest of the day off but went back next day.
Just had to put up with the pain and took ibuprofen.
You won't want to breath in fully because of the pain but if you don't fully inflate your lung then you will end up with pneumonia. I know!!!
Try not to read any joke texts you get sent as it might hurt  laughing and you should be alright.
Every time I went to laugh I thought of the mother in law and it worked for me.
Andy.

ps how did you break it?

[Gav Camm lammy 283]

was agony m8 honest cud hardly
get outa bed felt weak as a kitten
wince even now thinking ov it jus coughing was
enuf m8 yes i worked slowly v/slowly  

[smearo]

i was collapsing a 3 storey ladder after doing a gutter clean
and lost the grip and the ladder leg impacted the top of my rib cage
at the time i thought i was a gonna 
hopefully back on monday then...
hence very slowly...

[spongebob]

FFC
 You better use my story. You'll get more sympathy off the women if you fell off your bike than the ladder story. Better still say you fell out  of a tree saving a kitten. They'll love that one.

[Roy Harding]

I cracked 2 ribs and worked through it, every time you used the wfp you could feel your chest flaping loose and also every step. It took about 8-9 months but I did not rest it.

Roy

[michael papworth]

Done it TWICE.

First time, I fell off the toilet and cracked my ribs on the side of the bath.

Second time, fell off a motorbike.

Working was difficult enough, but coughing and laughing were HELL!!!

I seem to remember that it was real pain for six weeks and then it just faded away in a week.

[Window Washers]

Done it TWICE.

First time, I fell off the toilet and cracked my ribs on the side of the bath.

Second time, fell off a motorbike.

Working was difficult enough, but coughing and laughing were HELL!!!

I seem to remember that it was real pain for six weeks and then it just faded away in a week.

Was you standing on the bike aswell Wally ?

from remembering 6/8 weeks to heal, as wally says coughing was hell, felt like being stabbed 
Glad your ok and on the mend if your going to work I feel for you, I would avoid ladders as that can kill you if you get the twinging/stabbing pain at the top, be lucky more important be safe.

Ian

[Sir Squeaky]

Cracked a rib in january.
Hurt a bit at work for a month or so.
Don't feel it now unless I really stretch and twist.

[richard jagger]

Cracked my sternum the rid bone in the middle of ribs took 4 months to heal took anodin joint pain pills very painfull.Head on car smash.