Bad start to a new season!!

gofish103 · Post by **gofish103** » Tue May 18, 2010 9:44 pm

put the boat in the water this past Saturday, went for a short run to blow out the cob webs. Ran great and was excited to get busy cleaning things up and spending the first night of the season on the boat. Well..........things went from great to bad quickly!!!!!!!!! pulled into the dock and my wife and neighbor were getting the lines ready. Well, i decided to lend a hand and stepped off the boat onto the dock, missing the dock and catching the edge of the concrete dock with my ribs. Thought I had just knocked the wind out of myself, but a trip to to the ER an hour later reveiled that I had broken 5 ribs on my left side!!!!!!!!! In 43 years i have never felt anything that hurts so bad!! it hurts to think!!! Doc's say 6 to 8 weeks to heal!

So please!!!!!!!!!!!! Be careful!!!!!!!!!!!! Trust me it is not worth the risk!!!!

prowlersfish · Post by **prowlersfish** » Tue May 18, 2010 10:15 pm

Ouch !!! them ribs can hurt hope it heals fast .

turtlem1969 · Post by **turtlem1969** » Tue May 18, 2010 10:55 pm

I feel for ya man. The first weekend after my dad retired, he and my uncle went fishing and when remove the rods and tackle etc. out of the boat on the trailor at the boat ramp, my dad went to step down on the wheel well of the trailor, missed it and broke his hip, less then a three foot fall. Amazing how easy it is to mess up ones body. Hope you break the record for healing up.

k9th · Post by **k9th** » Wed May 19, 2010 3:21 am

Ouch indeed. Sister-in-law did a similar thing last year - went to board the boat and ended up falling down between the boat and the dock and cracked three ribs when she bounced off the dock. She is 67 and still sore.

Be careful - it s a long season!

robertBrown3232 · Post by **robertBrown3232** » Wed May 19, 2010 7:43 am

Jim
sure sorry to hear about your bad luck. saw your boat go in on Fri. and hoped to see you over the weekend. we were away from the boat about all day on Sat. and didn't see you at all. are you still docked a Moorings this year? Is there anything I can do to help you? let me know.
Bob

Tuck · Post by **Tuck** » Wed May 19, 2010 8:59 am

my condoloences to your ribs.

look at the bright side though...this is a perfect excuse NOT to cut the grass and anything else you don't wanna do.

randyp · Post by **randyp** » Wed May 19, 2010 9:03 am

Unfortunately I know what you're going through. Just take it easy and let the ribs heal. If only you didn't have to breathe, sleep, etc. things wouldn't hurt so much all of the time. My worst time ever was having a head cold a few weeks into it and sneezing and coughing. So, take your pain killers and don't be shy about getting the doc to prescribe even heavier duty ones if you need them.

larglo · Post by **larglo** » Wed May 19, 2010 9:12 am

Very sorry to hear about your accident, and hope you recover very quickly. Getting on and off our boat is one of my greatest fears for my wife. I am very careful doing it myself.

Take care,

Larry

rickalan35 · Post by **rickalan35** » Wed May 19, 2010 11:14 pm

You have my sympathy. Ribs are so very painful, no comfortable position and they hurt every time you breathe. 5 weeks. Hang in there.

Rick

LSP · Post by **LSP** » Thu May 20, 2010 12:57 am

Sorry to hear about that ... take care of yourself

MTP · Post by **MTP** » Thu May 20, 2010 8:02 am

More drugs rest well......that will teach you to be helpful

foofer b · Post by **foofer b** » Thu May 20, 2010 8:21 pm

Oh, man busted ribs hurt like the dickens. Broke a couple two years ago. Bought cried for a week at work on the ZTR. Hope you get better. Oh and drink lots of orange juice, you don't want a summer cold about now!!

MattSC · Post by **MattSC** » Thu May 20, 2010 9:05 pm

Sorry to hear about your incident. Hope you get well soon!

gofish103 · Post by **gofish103** » Sun May 23, 2010 10:15 pm

Thanks everyone for the well wishes!! pain pills and muscle relaxers are doing the trick. havent missed dose yet. but still hurts. did go to the boat today to spring clean the salon!! pay for it tomorrow!!

Dan Faith · Post by **Dan Faith** » Mon May 24, 2010 5:27 pm

Jim,
Have looked to see if you were in yet, sorry to here about the fall. I still don't have a boat in yet if you and Bob are there this next weekend will look you both up. Hope to have the 30 ft in this coming Fri or Sat.