this morning i woke up and came out to the living room and got on the computer. while i was sitting there i coughed and i felt this horrible pain in the ribs in my back and heard a huge cracking noise.. i couldn't move and i couldn't breathe hardly at all. since i couldn't breathe i couldn't yell very loud but i was trying to yell to my husband who was in bed sleeping. after yelling a few times he finally woke up and came out and i told him what happened. i started bawling because it hurt so bad. i've been sick so i've been coughing a lot lately and the spot on my ribs has been bothering me for about 2 weeks now.. something has been wrong with it and i havn't been able to get comfortable because of it and now today i coughed and i seriously thought i broke the rib. well my husband had to leave for work so i had him get my brother up for me. well he took me to the emergency room because i didn't know where else to go.. once i got there i explained to them what had happened and the doc came in and checked me out. he was in the room with me for not even 2 minutes (literally, no joke) the nurse came back in and said that i have chest wall pain and told me to take tylenol. well okay but what am i supposed to do cuz i still have my cough. the nurse went and asked the doctor what he wanted to do about that and he said to go see my regular doctor (OBGYN) and see what they wanted to do. i called my doctors office and the earliest they can get me in is tomorrow at 4. so what am i supposed to do until then? i came home and took the tylenol and it has made the pain a little more tolerable but everytime i cough it feels like someone is stabbing me in the lung and kicking me in the rib and i want to cry. it hurts to move at all.. i don't know what i'm supposed to do tonight. it seriously hurts so bad!! does anyone have any advice at all? any would be greatly appreciated. i'm so pissed off at the doctor because the least he could have done was given me something for my cough for tonight and something stronger to help with the pain. it seems like he thought i was faking or something but i can assure you i am not.
anyone? please bump.. i need advice i don't know what to do. i'm in so much pain
Have you tried NyQuil? That usually knocks me out, so at least you'd be able to get some rest.
Did they do x-rays? It sounds like you could have pneumonia. One of the symptoms of pneumonia is chest wall pain with that cough. You could have what they call walking pneumonia and not even know, and without x-rays the Dr. can't diagnose it either.
Good luck, I hope you feel better soon. If you are still in that much pain the AM call your Dr. and see if they can't work you in sooner. Most Dr.'s can, they just won't unless you insist to be seen sooner.
Carla
yeah. i'm 36 weeks pregnant. i'm worried about the baby. they checked her heart rate and it was fine but i'm so scared something is wrong. they told me before the doctor came in that someone was going to come down from labor and delivery to monitor the baby then the doctor came in and sent me home. i dont know what to think or what to do. i'm not happy about the whole situation.
Quoting jjessers:
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i was told that since i'm pregnant i can't take nyquil because it has alcohol in it and can affect the baby..
Quoting woodacat:
Have you tried NyQuil? That usually knocks me out, so at least you'd be able to get some rest.
Did they do x-rays? It sounds like you could have pneumonia. One of the symptoms of pneumonia is chest wall pain with that cough. You could have what they call walking pneumonia and not even know, and without x-rays the Dr. can't diagnose it either.
Good luck, I hope you feel better soon. If you are still in that much pain the AM call your Dr. and see if they can't work you in sooner. Most Dr.'s can, they just won't unless you insist to be seen sooner.
It might be a pulled muscle. As far as relieving the pain . . I won't be much help. I will say though that er docs can be very frustrating. I went a few weeks ago because of severe pain in my lower abdomen, but I also have something wrong with my tonsil. I told her about it and she looked at it and said it's infected tonsil crypt. She said that the recomended way to get rid of them is gagging myself and try to push it out. She did say that since i'm pregnant and nauseus she wouldn't advise that . . . thanks. It just didn't feel like she had my interest in mind.
Sorry your visit didn't go too well. Hope you feel better soon.
Have you tried cough syrup with no alcohol in it ? Tylenol cold meds are safe.
I would hug a pillow to your chest as best you can.
I am almost 36 weeks preggo and I have to do that from time to time.
i still think its broken because it feels displaced. its my floating rib too.. i don't know if that means anything or not but something is really messed up i don't think its just chest wall pain like the doctor says.. he didn't feel my rib at all, he didn't do an x ray (and i know they couldn't anyway because i'm pregnant..) but really it feels like the rib is out of place and its hitting my lung. it is so hard to breathe even now and its been over 6 hours ago.. i know that if its broken there is nothing they can do but the least he could have done was check me properly and not tell me to see my regular doctor about my cough to get something to help me. i can't get in till tomorrow to see the doctor so what am i supposed to do suffer all night? KWIM?
Quoting prestonjohn:
sounds like you either cracked a rib or pop the cartlidge,,both there isnt anything you can do but wait it out,,you can wrap your ribs tight but that isnt an option right now because your pregnant
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