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I Have An Owie!

So, as some of my friends already know, just over a week ago I had one of those really stupid accidents in the home that shouldn't happen but did. I was cleaning the bath, knelt funny, tried to get my weight off my stupidly painful knee and fell sideways onto the rim of the bath. Result = probable cracked rib, which hurts whenever I do pretty much anything and is preventing me from doing certain things at all, like knitting, and putting up Christmas decorations, and reorganising my room to make space for the computer desk I'm getting. It sucks. Christmas isn't looking too Christmassy right now

I had a cracked rib three years ago, that time I did it through coughing while closing a drawer. This feels the same so probably is, it might even be the same rib. Since all the doctor would say is that I probably have a cracked rib, there's no point going to see him, so I'm just trying not to put too much strain on it. Which is easier said than done =/

So if I'm not being very cheery and festive this Christmas, this is why. Hopefully you'll all for give me if I'm grumpy and complaining. I hope you're all having a better time than I am right now.

*hugs everyone very carefully*

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Nothing much they can do for a cracked rib, is there? Hope it heals fast. I once hurt my back coughing while reaching into an upper cupboard. That coughing stuff is dangerous. Feel better soon.

All they can do is prescribe painkillers I can't take because they aggravate my stomach. The only thing that will help is time, about 6 weeks or so *sighs*

The last thing I need now is to get a cough, because that is truly agonising. The rib on its own is quite bad enough.

Thank you *virtual hug*

Feel better *hugs*
Not much you can do about it.

Thank you *hugs back* I'm doing my best, just trying to keep from hurting it more.

*hugs*

Here you go, we can share one sad little tree between us.

Awwww! That's a lovely little tree! I think you've made a beautiful job of it =)

Thank you *hugs*

*cringes* Owwoowowowwouch! Oh, that so sucks; I'm sorry. :( I hope it'll heal up soon. If I were there, I'd do your decorating for you, and make it as Christmassy as I could.

♥♥♥

(Also, totally random: I just got home from deliveries, and, when I first saw the subject line, I read it as, I got an owlet. Now that I've actually had time to read the entry properly, along with the subject line, I feel kinda silly.)

Heeee! I wish! I adore owls! Sadly, no owlet, but I've done that before and completely misread something. It's very confusing, but can be quite fun!

Awww, thanks, I bet it would look beautiful =)

Never mind, I've done without decorations other years, and without Christmas dinner. I'll be okay. There are more important things to me than Christmas decorations - my wonderful friends on LJ and DW for one *hugs*

*hugs you back* Ribs pain is nasty because you use them for everything you do. Hopefully it will heal quickly. *Sends JJ over to take care of your decorating for you*

*hugs* Thank you.

I'm sure everything will be very tasteful thanks to JJ ;)

Yeah, this is my second time around with rib trouble, and having a coal fire heating the house doesn't help, shovelling coal and ash *sigh* Ah well, I managed last time and I'll manage this time too.

Do you have a brace or wrap you can use?

That's not done these days, it constricts breathing and can lead to respiratory diseases, or so my doctor told me last time. It's just rest and painkillers, but since I can't take painkillers that are strong enough to reduce the pain, that leaves me with rest. *shrugs* Good thing I have high tolerance for pain. =/

That's good to know.

Yeah, it's certainly lucky for me. I guess o_O

Awww, thank you! I'm sure the miracle-performing kitty will help!

Aww get well soon my friend.

Thanks =)

It's not bad when I'm sitting down, but moving is less fun o_O

Hey Jean! I am still kicking! So sorry you hurt your rib. How awful. I am so sorry I have not written you in forever. I just wrote a long post if you want to read updating a bit on me. I miss you but just haven't been over here much. On Facebook mostly but still paying to keep icons here. How stupid huh? Trying to decide if I want to pay up again next year. You and maybe two others ever talk to me on here. I have people on my friend's list I don't even remember which is sad. Many have dropped me, don't blame them.

I'm sick with a cold, Alex had a stomach virus, Christmas is not good here either. So much to do and one week left.

I hope you are not mad at me. Let me know how you are, will check back later after I sleep. I am still up in the wee hours, no idea why? You are still a like a sister to me and I miss you.

Love Deb. *where have I been?*

Edited 2016-12-18 11:19 (UTC)

*hugs* Yes, I saw your post and replied to it with most of my news. I've been back and forth to the hospital this year having tests trying to sort out my stomach problems. I'll be seeing a dietitian in January, and I'm waiting on a physio appointment for my back, but I'm worried that my bones might be weak considering how easily I cracked my rib so I'll need to talk to my Doctor about that. Just not before Christmas.

You've been busy, and so have I, but we're always there for each other, time and distance don't change that, sis!

Hope your cold goes soon and that Alex is feeling better. Christmas is going to be a bit crap for a lot of us this year, we just have to take fun and happiness where we can find it. I've decided I'm not going to let things get me down.

Love you! xxx

Hey girl, I figured you thought I was not gonna ever talk to ya again. Really sorry. Life got hard when Michael died and then since I guess the summer actually on vacation at the beach is where my mom fell off a bed and cracked her hip. She is 78 now and that floor was hard, concrete, no carpet. She rolled out of her bed at home some months later and a vertebra was broken, she can walk, but all the stress of the whole summer in so much pain and then breaking a bone in her neck we think caused the stroke. She walks hunched over now. Had to wear an uncomfortable neck brace for about 6 weeks or maybe longer, my memory is bad. Anyway it was awful for her. Dad is fantastic and taking care of her, but has taken a toll on him. He has heart problems himself. He is not one to get depressed but my brother and I have seen it come through. He hides it from Mom.

I will always feel guilty for what happened to Alex. It was a terrible injury. The surgeon had to do bone grafts and probably will need another operation, Orthodontist says not enough bone there afraid other 2 teeth that were lose might fall out when he tries to move them, they were knock back and to the side a little I actually just found out from him. Also his nose was knock out of place too which the surgeon corrected some so not that bad but he will need an operation in the future to completely fix his nose like it was. Alex can tell it does not feel right. Just a nightmare.

Sorry I always seem to whine to you. I know you have been through so much losing your mom and now I am worried about your bones too, that does seem strange a rib could break that easily. Oh I remember you had stomach problems. Have you ever checked to see if you have allergies to gluten? Alex does just like his Dad had. If he eats bread, wheat, flour products cookies, cakes, crackers, anything like that he get terrible stomach aches and gets real sick sometimes like what happened over the weekend when he had donuts at a class Christmas party. You probably have checked, I can't remember. Michael stopped eating gluten as much as possible and his stomach got so much better. Alex doesn't have pain either unless he eats it. I used to think it was diary but actually I don't think so. If you eat diary with the gluten then makes things much worse. Diary alone doesn't hurt him.

Sorry this was a book. Thanks for replying. I want to stay on here so I can talk to you. No one else talks to me here and I really don't remember most of the people on my list. I like it here but all my family is on Facebook like I said in my post.

Thank you for sending me a Christmas card, I am so bad about doing that, I have got to remember just to mail to my mom and dad and brother and family. I used to send to everyone. Just don't have the time and so many problems. Fighting off roaches, huge ones getting in my house now. There is always something. I got a pipe that is leaking too, had an electrical problem too. Just crazy.

Talk with you later sis, thanks for not giving up on me. I hope you feel better too. I admire your positive attitude, I need to learn from you. I am way too negative. We still have the gem stones you sent us. Alex loves his. They are so pretty.

love ya!
Deb.
:)

Edited 2016-12-19 08:06 (UTC)

*hugs* You really need some better luck, and soon. Poor Alex is really going through it, and more surgery isn't something anyone would look forward to although if it improves things then it'll be worth it.

Your poor mum! Wish her and your dad well from me, I know how hard is is to care for someone after a stroke, but with your mum breaking her hip and a vertebra too, that has to make it so much harder.

I try to stay positive, but it isn't always east. Honestly, I think if I didn't write I'd go nuts, it's like therapy for me and usually puts me in a better frame of mind. we all have our own ways of coping when things get tough, writing and reading are mine, along with my crystals. I'm glad you still have yours, pretty things can lift the spirits too.

Ugh, roaches, that's not nice!

When you have responsibility for a house, you start to see all the little things that have to be fixed. My kitchen tap leaks, my friend had to fix a lock on the front door, and there are so many other things I need to do but don't have the energy for *sigh*

Just remember, no matter how much time passes when we're too busy to keep in touch, I'm still here for you.
Hope you and Alex manage to have a good Christmas! ♥

Hope you feel better soon!

Thank you! So do I =/

Doing anything hurts. I just wrapped Christmas presents and they're all wonky, just like me trying to wrap them o_O

I hope your better or getting there.:(

This is halfway through week two, it'll take three to six weeks to heal so I've got a way to go yet. It's a little less painful than it was to star with. When I'm not moving anyway.

Thanks.

Oh, my God. That sounds utterly horrid. Stupid accidents are the absolute worst. You poor thing.

I received my card yesterday, love. I'm being good & waiting until Christmas to open it. ;p I've been offline for 2 months & 16 days. Long, annoying story which I'll explain on my journal. Thanks for remembering me. Hope you feel better soon! Love you!

*hugs* I wondered where you'd vanished to, but it's good to see you back in time for Christmas!

Glad the card arrived safely, I actually managed to post in time for them to arrive before Christmas this year!

Stupid accidents are stupid, and annoying, it will take time to heal but it's better than it was so that's progress.

Have a great Christmas!

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