Sleep

[Tracey1972]

Good morning everyone hope u all had a good night or better than mine I have a broken rib and in agony and it's making the breathing bad as well not good have a great everyone x

[starveycat]

Take very great care with it. I cracked a rib and because I just carried on I developed costerchondrtis it was agony and did not sort itself out for 4 years so you just take very great care of yourself very very gentle hug on its way

[Tracey1972 in reply to starveycat]

Thanks yea it is well painful I'm having to sleep on my back as well and I hate that as can't breath properly

[Asthma-girl]

Ouch! Broken ribs are extremely painful, I know because I've also got some.

Take great care.

[I8tories]

Feel for you. Had multiple broken ribs, plus sternum had been sawn through. after double CABG, (coronary arteriial bypass graft) . Was on two tramadol 4 times a day for a week, after discharge. Could not lay flat for two weeks.

[Tracey1972]

Hi how u on now yea it's very painful haven't slept properly for a week now I'm so tired I'm on tramadol 2 four times a day and morphine patches 10mg change hem every 7 days and on paracetamol 4 times a day but to b honest nothing really helping and got heat mat so painful got have a bone scan at 4pm today that should b fun got to lay flat on back for that I'm dreading it but got to be done.nice talking to u have a good day x

[Hidden in reply to Tracey1972]

Thank you for asking, its very kind of you. Well the good news is, I have no ligament or cartridge damage, she was to polite to say I'm a wimp and I need to strengthen my inner thigh muscle, its letting my knee move out of alignment and not holding my knee cap in place. She said also to work on my glutes, not to swim the breaststroke, but to hook my hands onto the side of the pool and kick my feet keeping my legs straight. The bad news, I was diagnosed with skin cancer yesterday! Have to have part of my ear removed, but after I will be more streamlined and should be able to glide through the air less impeded.

[Gefrin]

Hi Tracy, keep your spirits up. I understand what you are going through. The desire to cough knowing how it will hurt. The need try and breath deeply again knowing what to expect. I really feel for you. Not being able to breathe is bad enough and then this. It will pass. I cannot sleep at the moment because of breatllessness. So I know that this is a bad time of day when you feel so alone. Lots of love and hugs Jane xxx

[Tracey1972 in reply to Gefrin]

Hi thanks for the kind words another night with about a hours sleep really not feeling it woke up and chest tight and just wanted to have massive cough to help clear it a it but no chanc ribs hurt to much find it hard just to get out of bed but so tired and as for feeling alone I do some days I suffer with depression which didn't help either and when u not feeling it best and tired it really not a good combination but it's nice to know there are some lovely people out there that do care have a good day x

[freefaller]

That's miserable. Hope the rib heals quickly for you.

[Tracey1972]

Thank you hurts loads x

[OssieRsy]

Hello Tracey hope your rib get's better soon ask your doctor for a patch for the pain , I have RA brittle bone disease in alot of pain my neck & spine are badly damaged in hospital for couple of months now in a spinal harness & have 50 micrograms of morphine 24/7 sleeping pills 💊 at night have to sleep on my own my wife move's all night in past she's punch me in her sleep 💤 I joke with her saying your awake when you hit me ha ha .

[Tracey1972]

Hi yea I have a morphine patch I have for it and tramadol etc but still hurts bad bending moving it will heal in time hopefully hope u ok have good day

[OssieRsy]

Tracey I now how you feel am on morphine patch with spinal damage it's hard to stay still hard to move & very painful. Ask your doctor to increase the strength of the patch & get of tramadol ↔ very addictive I was on 8 a day thee not easy to get off it's better to double the patch

[Tracey1972]

Yea I find that on them I'm on 8 a day as well and paracetamol as well as the 10mg patch not seeing doc till the 6th about the rib but got hospital appointments etc if pain gets any worse will b down there before but thanks for advice x

[OssieRsy]

Tracey that's the lower strength ask for the next one up it's 25 then 50, 75 top 100 but 25 should help you ask the doctor at hospital get them to write a letter to your doctor they will follow hospital advice good look take care 😊 Ray x

[Tracey1972]

Hi thanks for that I il have a word