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My freind was in a accident an got a cracked sternum the doctor said to apply ice 15 min. at a time he is experiancing a burning sensation with pain is this normal, and is there any thing else he can do. thank you Michael v Engel

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    I fell into a consul on a dashboard of a motor home and cracked my sternum. My doctor gave me 5mgm of Percoset q 4 to 6 hours for pain. I have had a radical mastectomy on the right side. I teach water aerobics 5 days a week and he told me to keep it up. I am able to put my right arm up and down but not out or across. The pain is constant. Have had xrays but no results yet. My age is 72. Is ther anything elce to do? I am by myself so have to drive and everything elce.

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    I was standing in 3 ft. of water reaching up to be handed my 30 lb. Boston Terrier from a fishing boat. Her weight lifted me and pressed my sternum bone into the top metal part of the boat. The sound I heard was like a hard boiled egg being rolled and cracked. I can’t put any pressure on my left arm that pulls on my chest and when I breath inwards I feel pressure but when I do move the wrong way, the pain shoots up to my head. Should I go for an exray? I am 55 yrs. old, 120 lbs. and am very active. Thx. for some advice.

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