Re: Need help with my heaving breast

As many others have said, you almost certainly have a fractured rib. This
may or may not be visible on X-Rays.
They take about 6 weeks to heal. There is little that can be done, other
than avoiding getting the hiccups ...

"Delenn" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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MFW is pretty lame these days. I'm going to give you a chance to play
doctor with my breast. Help me out if you can.

A week ago I fell quite resoundingly onto cement. I sustained minor
injuries including a skinned knee and a bruised shoulder. But I also
noticed afterwards that the bottom of my ribcage on the right center
(below my breast) was sore to the touch. Sitting still doesn't hurt it
unless I breath very deeply.

So I figured I bruised a rib, whatever that means. But through-out the
week I get a stabbing-pulled-muscle sort of pain when I move my arm in
such a way as to use my lower chest muscles. It hurts unexpectly when I
roll over in bed, for example. Swimming, cycling and running don't hurt
it. Hugging my children hurts it.

And today, over a week later, I'm in doing Nautilus (I know, I know, you
can beat me up about the overuse of machines later) and the Super Pullover
thing really kills me. Then I get on the seated row and pushing my chest
against the pad really kills me. Then I use the abdominal crunch machine
and that REALLY kills it. Now I'm confused about what's wrong with me and
it feels worse than ever.

Is it:

a.) some sort of bone bruise that can safely be ignored
b.) a toomah
d.) a muscle tear requiring rest (from breathing?)
c.) a pulmonary embolism about to wreak havoc on me
e.) jpegs of my breast required for further diagnostics

Assume I have excellent access to medical care as long as I go in already
knowing exactly what's wrong with me.

Delenn