Perhaps you'll get your chance.

All I can say is, I'm glad these events happened in my 20s and 30s. I'd hate to think how the recovery time would be now.

 

Perhaps you'll get your chance.

All I can say is, I'm glad these events happened in my 20s and 30s. I'd hate to think how the recovery time would be now.

On the other hand... maybe boring is just fine... for a person my age

 

I was going to suggest that jpanhalt do this a lot earlier in life, but it seemed crass the way it come out in writing, so I deleted that.

Broken bones are inevitable for some percentage of us. I sincerely suggest everybody get finished with that kind of mistake while you're young. I've done so many that it is nearly boring to break a toe or a metacarpal. Six at one time is almost always a major disaster (been there, done that). I would not have survived if I wasn't a 25 year old, long distance athlete, at the time. I look at 6 broken ribs and wonder why it wasn't fatal!

All I can say now is, Heal quickly if you can, and Don't do that again.
I'm sure you figured out the last part by yourself.

 

John, what the heck are you doing out there in NE Ohio? My heart goes out to you and healing will take some time, likely several months. Busted up ribs take time to heal and the older we get the longer it seems to take. I don't have to tell you to take things easy as your ribs will let you know on a regular basis.

I just had some gutter work done. Looked at the busted up gutters from winter ice, looked at the ladders and tools, looked back at he gutters. Looked at my wife Kathy and said... "What was the name of the roofing and gutter company we saw on channel 8? You know, that Italian company". Twenty years ago I was up on that roof all the time and never gave it a thought, twenty years ago bumps and bruises healed much quicker. Not just the roof but countless other home task. Ronnie don't do that no more! Start taking things easy John and enjoy.

I wish you all the best for a speedy and relatively painless recovery, take care out your way.

Ron

 

... I wish you all the best for a speedy and relatively painless recovery, take care out your way....

Same wishes here, John... take good care of yourself.

 

Thank you all for the kind wishes. I was spraying for carpenter bees. It is a log home, and if you don't get the bees, then the woodpeckers have a field day with the house.

John

 

Sorry you got injured, John - don't get the hiccups, either - and keep some spearmint gum handy, just in case you get them. Right after I had my quadruple bypass operation, I got a case of the hiccups - that lasted for eight agony-filled days. Remember, they split your sternum in half and open you up wide during open-heart surgery. I tried all of the tricks I knew to stop the hiccups - but spearmint gum was the only thing that worked for me.

You might consider taking some calcium supplements for the next six weeks or so.

I hope you heal up soon.

 

I had never thought about it, but I will get some spearmint gum. Sounds like it would work.

John

 

I had never thought about it, but I will get some spearmint gum. Sounds like it would work.

John

For me, what has worked as a hiccups remedy is squirting some very sour lime juice directly into my mouth... there's something about that very strong taste that makes it work immediately.