I feel your pain Zoe. Three years ago my husband Lee fell off a ladder while installing a sign. He broke two ribs, suffered a concussion and a chipped vertebra where the muscle ripped off of it. He spent three months sleeping in a recliner, that was a godsend. Broken ribs are horrible, imagine any other bone, living with it unset while hoping it will heal. Thank heaven for pain meds, but they only gave him them for a couple of weeks. The damaged muscle has been the longest healing because of scar tissue. A chiropractor with a specialty in soft tissue manipulation was helpful for that. It was a horrible time especially since we run a two person business. But we didn't have to cancel a St Martin vacation, how sad that would be. I wish him full recovery.