sidenote, i caught a bad cold and somehow fucking fractured my rib from coughing. this is bullshit. |
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She thought it was bullshit, too. :) Two other friends of mine were in a car accident and broke their ribs three years ago, and one of them was tortured for a couple of months with the feeling of itching inside of her bones, where the bones were knitting together. The other one re-split her ribs after a coughing fit nearly two months after the accident. But she had broken three ribs in two places each, like this: ---/---/--- ---/---/--- ---/---/--- ...so there were portions of her ribs "floating," if you will, in her rib cage, making re-fracture a likely occurance. |
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very possible that i am misremembering. |
If you look up the symptoms, med pages basically tell you (to paraphrase): "If you're reading this and you have these symptoms, you either have costochondritis or you're having a heart attack. Only a doctor can tell so STOP READING THIS PAGE AND GO TO THE ER RIGHT NOW". Oh my it's fun. Your ribcage and sternum cartilage gets inflamed and swells, making it feel like your chest is going to explode. They don't know why it happens or how to stop it. Oh, and it's perfectly harmless except that it feels like a heart attack 24/7 for a few weeks at a time :( Internets tell me that the majority of people who phone 911 or show up at ERs thinking they're having a heart attack actually have this, it's so common. Got a handful of Tylenol 3 for my troubles last time though. Good times. |