I'm back from the ER where I had my ribs checked out. According to the delightful Dr. Lorraine Giordano, it does not appear that there are any fractures on my ribs from looking at the x-rays but she is going to have a radiologist check them just to be sure. However, she did say that just because it doesn't show on the x-ray doesn't mean that it's not broken.

So I'm sitting here with prescriptions for Tylenol with codeine and a prescription for 600mg of Motrin (in the event that the T with C is too much for me to handle -- i.e., makes me groggy, upset stomach, makes me strip off my clothes and run naked through the streets of Washington Heights...you know the basic things....)