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My best friend got bucked off of his mule last fall. Broke 8 ribs on his left side and popped his lung. It took him several weeks before he could do most anything. The worst part, he said, was when 6 days after he was released from the hospital, he had to go back in because he couldn’t schit. The pain meds had just about completely stopped him up. He said that it took nearly 4 liters of solution to unplug him. He also said that when everything broke free, people in the parking lot heard him holler. He felt so bad for the nurse that helped him, he got her a $200 gift card. Colace or Walmart equivalent ( https://www.walmart.com/ip/Equate-S...fe81dfad5f732acf0935b0e&gclsrc=3p.ds) is your huckleberry.
If you take the time it takes, it takes less time.
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American by birth; Alaskan by choice.
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Glad you made it out of that steel trap alive
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I know someone who broke them on one side who had the same pain a month later than he did the same day. He could not cough, breath deeply, or sleep on that side. There was something he learned that helped.
I finally defrosted and cleaned my freezer and it's Way past my bed time. Remind me PM if I don't get back here tomorrow and I'll explain exactly what he did. It will take a little while, but he fully recovered quick afterwards.
Later,
HC
Last edited by Happy_Camper; 10/31/21.
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In the mean time, get a .410. Best of luck.
"Be sure you're right. Then go ahead." Fess Parker as Davy Crockett
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A duck ain't worth pushing it. I'd say 8 weeks minimum.
Ya gotta breath, but no deep breaths if you can avoid them, at least at first. You will find out quick coughing, sneezing, laughing, bending wrong, force farting, bowel straining, etc is to be avoided if possible.
Make friends with your recliner.
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Youre screwed
Gonna be hurting for a good few weeks.
I popped something about a month ago under my bottom rib, still hurts lay on my right side in the bed.
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How many of the posters here remember how tough you were at 30? Yeah, it’s going to hurt, but if he’s a duck hunter, he’s used to pain. 😉
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Glad you made it out of that steel trap alive
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I know someone who broke them on one side who had the same pain a month later than he did the same day. He could not cough, breath deeply, or sleep on that side. There was something he learned that helped.
I finally defrosted and cleaned my freezer and it's Way past my bed time. Remind me PM if I don't get back here tomorrow and I'll explain exactly what he did. It will take a little while, but he fully recovered quick afterwards.
Later,
HC Of course you do. Be sure to post up your charlatan shít here for all to see what snake oil you’re selling.
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When I fell, I broke 6 ribs and I blowed out a lung. But I had so many other injuries that I hurt all over. I was in the hospital 70 days and couldn't take a real deep breath when I got out.
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This will be my last post! Flave 1/3/21
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I pee myself thinking about 8. I only broke two, twice, a SAR training accident and got thrown off Ben, the mule. I re-injure them every couple years doing the dumbest things! If you are active , they will let you know how much recovery time you need!
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Tore a rib loose from my sternum playing softball it took longer than when I broke a couple, Tore one loose from coughing, due to bronchitis. Chiropractor laughed and said "it's gonna be gettin ya for a long time" Can't even sasy how long it hurt. Quite a few months with certain movements. So long that I got used to it. Then, one day I realized it hadn't hurt in awhile.
Parents who say they have good kids..Usually don't!
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I’m 33 years old probably 30 pounds over weight and at this point I can’t sit up without help. Bummer ........ Wait till you sneeze.
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I’m 33 years old probably 30 pounds over weight and at this point I can’t sit up without help. Bummer ........ Wait till you sneeze. Sneeze Fart Burp Cough Laugh Move Hiccup It all hurts like nothing I’ve ever experienced. Not as tough as I thought I was for sure. LOL
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A couple of months. Don’t push it. Couple ibuprofen morning and evening will help get the soreness out.
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A couple of months. Don’t push it. Couple ibuprofen morning and evening will help get the soreness out. I had the idea that I could do this without narcotics because I’ve never taken one and wanted to keep it that way. Not a chance if that happening.
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Broke several ribs when the strap broke on my saddle as I was coming up out of a ditch and the majority of my weight was shifted to one stirrup. It was several months before I could sleep on year side again. Hurt to cough for a long time also.
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Four broken ribs here, all on the left side. It hurt to do much of anything for a week or so. They were healed up after about 6 weeks. Pain management was very aggressive, essentially Vicodin as needed. That had more to do with the broken shoulder and shattered femur than the ribs though.
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Glad you made it out of that steel trap alive
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I know someone who broke them on one side who had the same pain a month later than he did the same day. He could not cough, breath deeply, or sleep on that side. There was something he learned that helped.
I finally defrosted and cleaned my freezer and it's Way past my bed time. Remind me PM if I don't get back here tomorrow and I'll explain exactly what he did. It will take a little while, but he fully recovered quick afterwards.
Later,
HC Of course you do. Be sure to post up your charlatan shít here for all to see what snake oil you’re selling. I didn't know wild pigs were common in Alaska. Learn something new every day. I'm told not to cast my pearls before swine. That goes for Alaskan swine. You know I've never sold a thing here, but it's easy for pathological liers like yourself to make railing accusations and hope some fool believes it.
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A couple of months. Don’t push it. Couple ibuprofen morning and evening will help get the soreness out. I had the idea that I could do this without narcotics because I’ve never taken one and wanted to keep it that way. Not a chance if that happening. You can. My ribs hurt me the worst when I tried laying in bed to sleep. Recliner took care of that. I started being able to do things, like cough and laugh and not hurt at about 3 weeks. You'll know when you do too much. No pain medication of any kind for me either.
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I didn't know wild pigs were common in Alaska.
Learn something new every day. I'm told not to cast my pearls before swine. That goes for Alaskan swine.
You know I've never sold a thing here, but it's easy for pathological liers like yourself to make railing accusations and hope some fool believes it. Similarly, "snake oil salesman" is a common expression used to describe someone who sells, promotes, or is a general proponent of some valueless or fraudulent cure, remedy, or solution. Glad to see you still toggle.
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