answer:I’m so sorry, @ETpro! All it takes is one little slip like that to change our plans in a big way. You must be a sight. I hope you don’t have to report in to some office tomorrow, where you are sure to be explaining all day long, if not taking a ribbing (ouch). You know we can’t diagnose you, so I know that’s not what you’re asking. I’ll offer this: my husband recently had a rib problem that was very painful. It occurred after a small wrenching-twisting incident, and he thought it was a repeat of a stress fracture such as he had about 6 years ago after radiation therapy. Turned out that it was actually a separation of the ?cartilage binding the ribs together. It hurt like hell for a few days and then eased up, and he’s ok now, about 4 weeks out.