[Zenobia]

Tuesday I started getting this pain in my chest whenever I breathed. It is on the right side and starts at the bottom of my rib cage and shoots up to my collar bone. Do you know just how many times a day a person takes a breath? It sucks. I have learned to breath very shallowly to stop the pain but if I do anything I get light headed and have to take a deep breath which of course sucks. Oh and don't even mention hiccups. They make me whimper. I feel so frustrated. Today is my day off, it is beautiful outside and right now I should be just finishing up my run, all sweaty and hot and looking forward to the shower I am going to take when I get home. I might even be thinking about popping into the grocery store before going home to get a bottle of water and a luna bar (the lemon and the orange ones are my favorites). Instead I am here trying not to yawn because it hurts but needing to yawn because my body is starved for oxygen and now I am just whining. Think positive thoughts for me.
Carrie

<font color=green>Not knowing when the dawn will come, I open every door.--Emily Dickenson

[Zenobia]

Apparently what I have is costus condritis. I probably spelled it wrong but what is important is that I am not going to die or anything. It is an inflamation of the cartilege in and around the rib cage. She said it was fairly common in cases where someone is sick and coughs alot or if there is some sort of trauma to the area. She gave a list of things that can cause it and I can't think of anything that I could have done that fits in that list. Perplexing. So now I have some naproxen to take and if it doesn't get to feeling better in a week then we will do some further testing (ie X-rays). Oh, and remember the blood tests I whined about a month ago. They all came back great so I am good to go for awhile any how...I just had a nasty thought, is this rib cage thing just a part of aging? I mean I have been bounced around a lot, done a lot of abuse to my body physically that would definately fit her list and got nothing more then a little bruise. Now I have done something that has put me into agony and I can't think of a darn thing it could be. Huh.
Carrie

<font color=green>Not knowing when the dawn will come, I open every door.--Emily Dickenson

[Fuzzybear]

It sounds like maybe you could use some hugs, Carrie. Physical stuff like this can really s2ck. And "whine" away if it helps, we don't mind!! I've been doing quite a bit of it lately!!

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Take care,
Fuzzy

[PlanningtoLive]

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I really hope that the medicine makes it improve and you have no more problems.

You're too young to think about the effects of aging yet