The Friday before xmas 2018, I had a fever at work. Next day I start coughing. Bad coughing. It lasts a few weeks before I go see a doctor. She says I have sinus infection and gives me antibiotics. Told her about my chest pain which I thought was my lungs hurting from all the coughing. Turns out I had popped a rib. Had Chip push it back in but it keeps coming out since I am still coughing. Not as much, but still coughing. So far he has pushed it back in four times. Also been having shoulder blade pain on LEFT side so thought it was related to the popped rib. As that starts to get better the chest pain as decreased but not the shoulder blade pain. Chip says that's from my chronic back issues. I used to always have the pain on the RIGHT side. I wonder why it's shifted to the left. Will have to ask him when I go back in two weeks. Had felt a lot better on my walk with Roscoe the other day that I jogged a little the last block. Big mistake. It made my ribs really hurt. So I guess I won't be running till this rib thing heals. Rib that popped out was #3 in the front. Cough has become less so for now won't go back to the doctor for now.
UPDATE 7/31/19. Had a chiroprator appt a week ago. Rib still sticking out, though a lot less pain lately. But he still has to push it in. He thinks it could take like a year as the tendons/ligaments around it got stretched and loose.
UPDATE 1/3/20. Chip is still having to push the rib back in at every visit (every four weeks) though he says its getting better. Still coughing, some days very mildly, some days somewhat regularly. Around early November, had a bad coughing spell that lasted about 2 weeks. Sometimes I wonder if there's something wrong with my lungs.
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