My ribs have been dislocating since DECEMBER
I (29f) have a previous post explaining my slipping rib since December. Since then I have been doing physical therapy. I was doing PT, which I thought was helping. In april i found out that I needed to get my gallbladder removed. Everyone was telling me I’d feel better once I got my gallbladder removed. Long story short. I got my gallbladder removed in May. I haven’t been able to do Physical Therapy since surgery. I’m just barely off of my weight restrictions. I wanted to start getting back into physical therapy but I haven’t. I went paddle boarding a couple of weeks ago. My physical therapist said that if I can paddle board for hours, I’m probably okay and don’t need PT anymore. It’s been 2 weeks since i paddle boarded for the first time. I tried camping for one night and paddle boarding once since then. My ribs are sharply moving around. Poking out of my chest, poking inwards in multiple places. It’s back to where it was before and it feels like it’s only getting worse. It’s pinching my lungs at times and the pain is wrapping all the way to the back too! Sorry I don’t know the rib names. So with one rib I was mostly dislocated around the front sternum area, right under the breast (that’s the one that sticks out), now I can feel it reaching all the way into my back. My other 2 are my floating ribs and they disappear inside of me. I can’t wear pants that are tight, I can’t sit certain ways. It’s sore to touch. Also, when I flex my abdomen, it hurts too.
Anyway, I’m starting to feel discouraged. Even if I stopped PT for a while, I feel like 7 months is enough that it shouldn’t be doing that anymore. PT or not. I’m worried there is something more wrong with me. I feel like I can’t do anything.
I need encouragement. Advice. Anything please, I’m starting to feel helpless. I have all this energy and I want to do things but my body can’t do anything.