Broken ribs

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The other day i had to go to A&E with severe chest pains after an accident at work. At first it was thought it was a heart attack, but after a few x-rays & blood tests it was found to be a few broken ribs!

So i may not be around for a while sitting up hurts so spending a lot of time in bed. Hurts when i cough, breathe, eat etc.

So lots of time to learn subnetting & hex

 

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How did you manage to do that?

 

At least it's not fatal. A heart attack can be. Be thankful.

 

Sorry to hear dat. But how did you break them though ? You didn't get into a fight or something ?

 

A freak accident whilst mowing the grass, always thought i was a dangerous thing to do!!
Been told it will take a few weeks to heal.

 

You were mowing the grass atwork WTF? I know it has electrical and mechancal *stuff* inthere, and peeps do call I.T. for stuff, but that is seriously, taking the pi$$!

hope you recovery soon - at least the weather decent

 

Yeah...this I've got to hear. Why were you moving grass at work and how is it dangerous?

 

I'm just coming to the end of a temp job i had (not in IT).
I was helping my boss to connect up some machinery when it seems i slipped & fell heavily on my side. Now all OK but no lifting for a while.

 

Sounds like you need to take a fortnight off under pay and do your certs at the same time....

 

Sympathies, MrNerdy ... I've broken 2 (separately) in the last few years, and it's nae fun !!! At the time, I was still smoking, so coughing was a nightmare. Physical work is also mind-numbing

Painkillers and rest are about as much as the hossie will give you, but allow me to recommend a strap support for your ribcage, despite what the docs say. It really does help (don't wear it too tight) until the rib(s) fuse again.

HTH

Dr Jak

 

hope u feel better soon mate, get some reading done

 

hows the ribs ?

i know how you feeling, i've been immobilised recently too, tore a ligament in my knee playing football, so was shacked up on the sofa playing computer games for nearly 2 weeks

i dont know how i managed to find this thread by searching for subnetting lol

grim

 

Yeps, I've been there too. Believe it or not, a couple of years ago a broke a rib SNEEZING!

Though if you've heard me sneeze that probably isn't that unbelievable - I sometimes sneeze about a hundred times in ten minutes - and they are ridiculously loud.

ALso, when i were a kid, I tore my ACL playing football. Couldn't walk properly and still can't run on it at any more than 90%. Shame really, cos I was very fit when i was young, but as soon as I did that I started to get fat, lazy, discovered beer and computers and that was it!

Hope the ribs are better anyhoo!

 

been 3 and a half weeks now and i'm still using a knee support to walk to work. the first doc said 6-8 weeks and the second said maybe up to 12 weeks till i recover which is frustrating as the footie season kicks off in 3 weeks

grim

 

I can imagin breaking a rib must of hurt. It never happened to me (thank god) and I hope it doesn't. But these days with sports you never know. I constantly play soccer and Kick boxing, tae kwon do and I do get hit in the chest a quite a few times. Got to be careful I guess.

Anyways hope your recovery goes well and you will be up on your feet in no time.