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Fretting
It's the middle of the night and I'm having a quiet fret about rib pain.
I woke up from my BMX & recon (27/4/18) with a sore lower left rib. I queried it with my PS when he deigned to speak to me but he dismissed it with a 'we did a lot of pulling and stretching in the area'.
It's never gone away, coming and going at various times. However the last few weeks the pain has got stronger and more frequent and I've started to have a worry.
I know it can't be bone mets but there's this little niggle in my mind, those stories you hear about people thinking they had a gym injury or something like that, only to discover months later that it's not that at all.
I don't want this worry to eat me up so I went to my GP this morning, confessed to being a cliche and explained. She was totally understanding and very sympathetic, examined me (I am very sore on the left) thoroughly and suggested that I have an xray of the area to start to find out what's going on.
She also said I had "quite prominent ribs". What does that mean?!
But now it's the middle of the night, my rib hurts, and every tiny throb of pain in my body is magnified a thousandfold.
Fret fret fret...
I woke up from my BMX & recon (27/4/18) with a sore lower left rib. I queried it with my PS when he deigned to speak to me but he dismissed it with a 'we did a lot of pulling and stretching in the area'.
It's never gone away, coming and going at various times. However the last few weeks the pain has got stronger and more frequent and I've started to have a worry.
I know it can't be bone mets but there's this little niggle in my mind, those stories you hear about people thinking they had a gym injury or something like that, only to discover months later that it's not that at all.
I don't want this worry to eat me up so I went to my GP this morning, confessed to being a cliche and explained. She was totally understanding and very sympathetic, examined me (I am very sore on the left) thoroughly and suggested that I have an xray of the area to start to find out what's going on.
She also said I had "quite prominent ribs". What does that mean?!
But now it's the middle of the night, my rib hurts, and every tiny throb of pain in my body is magnified a thousandfold.
Fret fret fret...
49 Replies
- that's good @kmakm
. - The mystery aches stay with us for quite some time!
Pleased for you it's nothing untoward
Here's to some restful sleep
Take care - The GP rang, no bone abnormalities. Hooray! The mystery continues however now I know it's nothing sinister. Scanxiety over. Phew!
- @Sister Thanks G. Me too!
- Hope all is well @kmakm
- @Scaredycat Yes indeed... :#
- I hope it’s a simple, non serious issue as well. It’s the unknown & the waiting that’s the worst part at times like this.
- It did thank you @kitkatb. I rang up, got an appointment for 15 minutes later, waited about one minute, had the xrays, and they bulk billed me at my GPs request. The radiology tech asked me whether I'd had an accident, a fall, an injury, so I had to explain why I was there. Two very young cheerful women with high jolly voices. My GP will have the films tomorrow so I suppose I make an appointment to see her again. I'm looking forward to knowing what it is, as long as it's not serious. K xox
- Hope your x-ray went okay for you today @kmakm xo
- @Artferret Thank you Cath. K xox
