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Medical Forum / General / General / May 2005Ribs
Hi, I am 5 months pregnant and have 5 broken ribs. I also punctured my lung. This happened a week ago. I cannot sleep in my bed yet, but sleep on my sofa upright. I can't pick my children up or drive. My questions are when can I expect to be able to do these things, and when will my ribs be healed? Will this have any effect on my ability to birth my baby? My doctor in hospital didn't say much about recovery, just to go back if my breathing became to difficult. I hope you receiving support ~ That's quite a burden In your condition, seriously. "Twittering One" wrote in message >I hope you receiving support ~ > That's quite a burden > In your condition, seriously. My husband has to be at home with me full time to take care of everything. It happened due to a serious fall. I am in pain but the worst part is being so useless. > "Twittering One" wrote in message > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > I am in pain but the worst part is being so useless. How long has your doctor said it will take for you to recover? Jeff >> "Twittering One" wrote in message >> [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > Jeff He didn't... I was away from home when it happened so had to be in hospital 2 hours from home. I was wondering how long it would take to heal which is why I came here. Andrea. >>> "Twittering One" wrote in message >>> [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > hospital 2 hours from home. I was wondering how long it would take to heal > which is why I came here. I would recommend contacting your regular doctor real soon. She needs to know what happened to you and follow up with the doctors who treated you. When you go to see your doctor, she needs to know *all* about your accident, the x-rays that were taken, any tests that were taken, etc. They will follow up to make sure your ribs are healing correctly, you don't get pneumonia and your lung heals correctly. I would certainly be on the phone to your regular doctor first thing Tuesday morning, if not sooner. It is up to the hospital and doctors who treated you to get the info to your regular doctor. However, you and your child are the ones who will benefit from getting the info to your regular doctor. More importantly, your and your baby are the ones who will suffer if you don't get all the care you need. Contact your doctor soon. You really need to work with your doctor. A bunch of people on the internet who may or may not be medical people, probably won't give you very good info, especially because we haven't examined, seen your x-rays or talked with the doctors who treated you. My guess is that it will be around 2 or 3 months until the pain goes away. But that is just a guess. If am far more concerned about you getting pneumonia because you may not be taking deep breaths and your lung leaking air, because it was punctured (although I suspect that this was not a large concern when you were released from the hospital). Jeff Jeff > Andrea. "Jeff" > My guess is that it will be around 2 or 3 months until the pain goes away. > But that is just a guess. If am far more concerned about you getting > pneumonia because you may not be taking deep breaths and your lung leaking > air, because it was punctured (although I suspect that this was not a > large concern when you were released from the hospital). > > Jeff I have a follow up booked with my GP for next Friday, that's the earliest I could get. On my x-ray there were 5 broken ribs (not cracked) poss 6, and my puncured lung had improved from the day it was done. The hospital didn't want to let me out, but I was desperate to get home. I asked for a transfer to my local hospital but then they agreed to discharge me home. They were too lazy. Andrea. >I have a follow up booked with my GP for next Friday, that's the earliest I >could get. On my x-ray there were 5 broken ribs (not cracked) poss 6, and my >puncured lung had improved from the day it was done. The hospital didn't >want to let me out, but I was desperate to get home. I asked for a transfer >to my local hospital but then they agreed to discharge me home. They were >too lazy. In all fairness, you left the hospital against medical advice, so declaring them lazy is a bit over the top. They can't make you do the right thing, you know. They also can't make the other hospital accept you or your insurance company pay for it. Ultimately, you are free to do as you wish and you did. That's hardly their fault. "In all fairness, you left the hospital Against medical advice, So declaring Them lazy is a bit over the top. They can't make you do the right thing, You know. Ultimately, you are free to do as you wish and you did. That's hardly their fault." ~ Carey "Unless she's Incapaciated, injured, regressed to a child state, Her capacity compromised, As mine was, In which case, One's judgement, severely impaired. O, yes, I was very certain I was dead, done died, murdered, Memorial Day, 2004. So many People I sincerely asked, inquired ~ Did I die? Honestly, please tell me, if so, so, alas, I can get on with things, let go Of all that ... Perhaps, They thought ~ A jest, a linguistic trick, a metaphor. But know ~ Not At all. Honestly. & apparently, I'm stil alive. But, O, No one else behaves As though they are, because no one answers Me any more. Serioulsy." ~ Twittering "& that's not safe Or healthy for anyone, seriously." ~ Folly "Carey Gregory" > > In all fairness, you left the hospital against medical advice, so > declaring > them lazy is a bit over the top. They can't make you do the right thing, > you know. They also can't make the other hospital accept you or your > insurance company pay for it. Ultimately, you are free to do as you wish > and you did. That's hardly their fault. I am in the UK and don't have or need medical insurance. My hospital were more than willing to have me if the other hospital had transferred me. Anyhow the 1st hospital agreed to discharge me - I didn't walk out. Andrea.
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