# Not Broke ! Yay! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 15, 2025, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-broke-yay/1025734 "2025-12-15T20:45:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2025, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-broke-yay/1025734/1 "2025-12-15T20:45:24Z")
No I didn’t drop Grannys good china platter. No, didn’t give the savings account to some Nigerian scammer. I just fell off the deck last night. Letting the dogs go potty. I am not sure what happened. Just found myself on my back, on the ground. With a dog licking my face. I went on to bed. Bad idea. Woke up sore and miserable. I didn’t think anything was broken. But my ribs were really hurting. Got to dialysis. They were alarmed. Called my doc. He sent me for scans. After a small kerfuffle with the insurance, I went to the hospital. Examined, lectured, fussed at. Scanned. I’m not broke. ---
**Author:** ![dolphinboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dolphinboy/32/330_2.png) [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2025, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-broke-yay/1025734/2 "2025-12-15T21:37:29Z")
I know how you feel. Two weeks ago, I was power-walking when I tripped over some uneven sidewalk and came crashing down hard on my right side. I was able to use my arm to break my fall, but I still managed to bruise some ribs. It wasn’t that bad the first night, but the following day I was incredibly sore, so I started taking ibuprofen. I googled “bruised ribs” and learned that it can take many weeks for them to heal. I thought of going to the doctor to see if I broke any, but even if I had broken something, I knew there wasn’t much they could do about it except tell me to avoid twisting and turning as much as possible, which I was already doing anyway. My only real problem was at night. If I rolled over in my sleep onto my right side, the pain would jar me awake, and that was happening 5 or 6 times a night. Eventually, the pain lessened, and after about two weeks, I could hardly feel it at all. I’m back to power-walking eight miles a day and attending gym fitness classes twice a week. All’s well that ends well. No money was spent, and no doctors were involved. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2025, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-broke-yay/1025734/3 "2025-12-15T21:43:28Z")
Rib pain is up there in some of the worse pains ever. IMO. I’ve had it before on a few occasions. I’m happy you’re up and power walking again. I forgot about walking. I’ll find out in the morning what it feels like. Normally I sorta stroll thru the woods. We go up and down grades so I get the cardio and the muscle building(I hope). Lately we’ve power walked down the driveway mainly because it’s so dang cold. I sleep on my right side in a ball. Happy this latest is on the left side. ---
**Author:** ![dolphinboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dolphinboy/32/330_2.png) [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2025, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-broke-yay/1025734/4 "2025-12-15T21:46:46Z")
I would recommend you take your time and not push it. They take so long to heal because the ribs keep moving because of your breathing. After a week or two, if you feel like things are healing well, you can do more strenuous activities, but there is no hurry. These things take time. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2025, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-broke-yay/1025734/5 "2025-12-15T22:00:16Z")
Yeah yeah yeah. Do you happen to be the Doctor who warned me and fussed, interminable like. 😆 I know. Don’t worry. I’m not prone to causing myself pain, on purpose. In fact, I’m decidedly pro no-pain for beck. ---
**Author:** ![Eric1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3bc359/32.png) [@Eric1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eric1)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2025, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-broke-yay/1025734/6 "2025-12-16T01:49:25Z")
Beck, I wondered if you’re like me, in grabbing a death grip on rails or ledges when going down. My family has always noticed how I get gnarled hands from trying to prop myself when I’m passing out from the heat or something else. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2025, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-broke-yay/1025734/7 "2025-12-16T03:04:14Z")
I may be that way. This time I never even thought I was going down. Wasn’t even considering walking down 9 steps. But my butt wanted me down. See, the universe is against me like that. Oh, I’ve took the ribbing (not literally). My son ask me why I wanted to sleep on the grass. The kids say I need a bumper around me. 24/7 ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2025, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-broke-yay/1025734/8 "2025-12-16T04:00:04Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Rib pain is up there in some of the worse pains ever. Worse than losing PBS? ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2025, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-broke-yay/1025734/9 "2025-12-16T04:02:37Z")
My ribs will heal. The PBS loss will not, I’m afraid. Without some miracle. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2025, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-broke-yay/1025734/10 "2025-12-16T14:03:09Z")
Totally know the feeling. At our previous house in the mountains the driveway got real slick. To the point of if you went down, you could not stand. Yac-Tracs where your friend. Most of my falls look like something the Three Stoogies would do. Complete with sound effects. One time I went down I crawled to the shed to get some salt to spread so I could get back to the house. ---
**Author:** ![P-man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/p-man/32/3606_2.png) [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2025, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-broke-yay/1025734/11 "2025-12-16T14:31:13Z")
Years ago I slipped on an icy front stoop (why it was icy I don’t know; it had been above freezing for a while) and fell on my back. I went to work like I normally would, knowing that when I lay down I’d have a hard time getting back up. It was extremely hard when I had to get up for Ms. P to take me to the doctor. The back pain was bad enough that I didn’t notice my shoulder, which became frozen several months later. Fortunately there were no long term effects. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2025, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-broke-yay/1025734/12 "2025-12-16T17:59:53Z")
Well. This morning has been interesting. I feel like a herd of elephants trampled me. I didn’t notice my knee. It’s sore and puffy. Ivy says we may have to get that seen about. I’m ambulatory. But barely. Thank God for opiates. 🫤 ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2025, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-broke-yay/1025734/13 "2025-12-17T02:25:09Z")
Gatopiates? ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2025, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-broke-yay/1025734/14 "2025-12-18T01:01:25Z")
Awww…Fish Feathers🪶