Just came from the hospital an hour ago.
I fell on Thursday and I thought I was OK, just bruised. Yesterday,during the night, the pain I was feeling really seemed to become unmanageable.
I tried for hours to find a way to sleep. Finally, I had to admit that being off pain meds was not working. I was fine for a week, until I fell on a metal folding chair.
At two AM, I went to the emergency room and sat to wait my turn after a gunshot and a major car accident. Finally, around five AM, I had my turn at one of the X-Ray machines.
They confirmed that I broke two of my lower ribs when I fell.
I have a center torso brace I will have to wear for a month or so.
I really did not need this major setback in my recovery from hip surgery.