Very painful ribs, should I do anything?

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I know, obvous answer is "yes, stupid, visit GP" . But I am very rural and the GP is a bus ride away and I won't get back before the end of pre-school.

Basically, I was sitting on the top front of the bus with DD today (as usual) and the driver pulled very sharply which threw us both to the other side of the bus. I bounced off the other seat and sat down (very heavily) in the aisle and DD banged her poor wee knee and ended up on the floor

Anyway, my ribs are now very painful where I bashed into the other seat's metal edge and it is sharply painful if I bend at the waist or lean forward or lift anything. Do you reckon the GP could do much anyway and am I wasting my time going in? I don't really want to get back on the blinking bus to spend all tomorrow morning getting to the GP and trying to get DD picked up from school. Will it just go away in a day or so do you think (am hoping ribs are quite elastic and spring back to perfection after a hot bath or something ). What do you reckon?

I am in no way a doctor or a medical person but I think a good measure would be - is it making it difficult for you to breathe? if it is, then get seen at a&e pronto. if not, then I think take some pain relief and see how you are in the morning?

Nah, I can breathe alright, just no hoovering fo me .
I'm just trying to work out (pointlessly I know) if I need to flap about trying to get childcare for tomorrow and hoping everyone will tell me that ribs will pop back fine in minutes.

Hi, kitten gives sensible advice and I would see how it goes overnight. If it improves, fine. If it interferes with your life or has caused a cough or bruising or discomfort then see someone.

Ribs are in fact extremely elastic and one of their functions is to protect the organs either side. Just very occasionally these can be injured by a blow but there are often no symptoms until 7-12 days. So just keep an eye and if next week you feel suddenly very faint or get severe tummy pain then get yourself off to A&E and tell them what happened.

Thank you. It does hurt but I dont think I have to worry just yet. I will keep an eye as you suggest.
Off to feel sorry for self

how is it today?

horrors - I have developed a tickly cough! Which does make it worse, I am clutching my ribs when I cough like a bad extra in a war film
It's OK thanks for asking, hurting but no worse and certainly not developing into anything else. I am cross with horrible bus drivers but not mortally wounded...

nightmare!

worth actually putting in a complaint I reckon, remind drivers that its not bouncy balls that they are ferrying about.

I have written a cross email implying that I'd be on to the chancers at InjuryLawyers4u if it wern't for my fine upstanding moral character. I wouldn't but that's not the point.......

well done :) might save a less robust person from actually being broken.