“The RoseBouquet”

Over New Year’s I promised myself that I’d go to a doctor about my throat/laryngitis problem. So first thing the next morning I called a doctor I had seen some years ago (more recently from Hague I was using Dad’s doctor). I was able to get in that same afternoon. He thought my throat didn’t look bad. I agreed, it had improved considerably because of some old anti-biotics I had found at home. But I knew it was not good to stop suddenly and I had run out. So he prescribed some more and asked me to go to a lab for some blood work.

I haven’t heard the results of that yet, but my voice is back to normal. Everything should be hunky-dorey now, eh?

Well, on Friday afternoon at my Azaleas office, I bent way down and reached sideways to plug a cord in behind a bookcase. As I did I felt a soft pop in one of my left ribs. Oh no! I’ve cracked a rib, was my first thought. It has hurt with a low-grade pain since.

Did I forget to tell you I’m a little ol’ lady with osteoporosis?

About ten years ago, after Mom died, I rolled over in bed one morning and cracked a couple of ribs. That did end up a screaming pain and I got help at the chiropractor’s. However, unless it is dislocated, there is nothing that can really be done about a cracked rib except to eat painkillers for a while. I’m glad this pain isn’t as bad as then, but it sure is a nuisance. Especially when I pick up a computer or monitor, or reach to open or shut the car door when driving.

So what else can I do but UP my calcium intake dramatically? (Now up to three kinds). Sitting still at the computer is not too bad, but I seem to be doing a lot of other stuff too. Hmm… how long do you suppose this will take to heal?