843de

What's the fun of pointing your finger and writing checks when the Emergency Room folks are just so nice and friendly, oh yeah, not having to go see the Emergency Room folks...silly me.

Its not too bad right now unless I forget and do something like attempting to raise my right arm more than a few inches, then I see stars and funny little cartoon birdies flying around my head.

sleeper

843- What a bummer man... Sorry to hear about this.
Take it easy, I guess thats all ya can do at this point.. Broken ribs hurt..

843de

Thanks man, I'm on the Disabled List for a while, oh well....stuff happens. My worst fear is sneezing, I've already taken a Zyrtec just in case my nose even thinks about letting fly with a sneeze. The last time I had broken ribs I managed to catch a head cold too, on the first sneeze I saw stars, on the second one I saw Elvis, and the third sneeze had me crying for Mommy.

sleeper

Yea home improvements can kill a fellow..

The busted ribs brings back bad memories.. Ouch !!!

843de

This is the sixth time I've broken ribs since 1980, its a familiar pain to say the least. Time to hit the couch for the Late Late Show, and then more "happy pills"....yay!

SS fan

We need to get you some of that dragon skin. 6 times wow I've only cracked some, hey BTW, don't laugh either

Greybeard999

Yeah, no sneezing or laughing allowed....... for a month or more. When my back is at it's worse, sneezing will put me on the floor, no time to see anything. Ribs are different, they allow time to see "groovy visuals".

Take care, Mike...... No more ladders for you!

Lucky

843 sorry to here about your misfortune hope your feeling better soon.

Sunflowerhippi

Mike, you're as bad as me. No more climbing ladders or home improvment things. 6 times your broke your ribs, what are you doing all the time? Geez, be safe.

843de

Thanks for all the well wishes everyone it really means a lot to me. My wife is alternating now between babying me and scolding me for "doing a dumb". I had to think this morning about all the broken ribs over the last 30 years and here's the list.

1. football
2. football
3. motorcycle (dirt bike)
4. race car
5. a philosophical discussion in a bar (Memphis Tennessee, you should have seen the other guy)
6. falling off a ladder yesterday

Just to stay on topic, Michelle is taking Boo Boo over to the tire shop this morning for a new set of Continentals. The Firehawks are going away with only 17,000 miles on them, awful tires, just awful.