I was very drunk and very combative in the ER so they just put a big elastic band around my chest and threw me out of the hospital . I passed out several times from the pain over the next few days, once when I coughed and once when I sneezed. I was poppin codeine pills like candy. Then I got constipated and that began to hurt as much as the ribs. I tried laxatives, prune juice, everything, as a last resort I got up and walked around the apartment complex like a little Gisha girl in a way too long and tight dress. Even the tiniest steps hurt a lot. I got half way around the buildings when I had to shit. No way I was going to make it back to the apartment so I just squatted behind a bush and let'er rip. We are talking the firehose of shit. Two old ladies saw me and they were flabbergasted. They went off in a huff and I shuffled back home and got a bath. It took hours to get myself cleaned up. You know I remember that like it was yesterday, it was 40+ years ago.
I got up with the chickens this morning so the day seems to have lasted forever. Finally it is late enough to go the bed!