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may i.......?
Isolated fractures seldom require too much active treatment and 'can' be regarded as a bad bruise. Without treatment they will be very painful for up to 2 weeks, and moderatley painful for a further 4. This is due to the mobility required from the ribs during inhalation and expiration.
Hopefully you werent strapped up, as it restricts thoracic movement. This means that often, lung infections are picked up, because you depend on diaphragmatic breathing, which means the upper lobes of the lungs become unused - and so infection can creep in.
After about 8 weeks, you may be left with a firm bony swelling at the fracture site which will be absorbed by the body over the space of a year.
You wouldn't have had an x ray as it would only show up if the xray was shot at a correct angle, of which the radiographers may not be sure of. Its only after two weeks that an xray will pick up the fracture as the callus forms.... clinical signs such as pain, breathing restrictions and limited movement is all we tend to go by.
Heal up bud. Don't strain too hard on the toilet, and take your pain meds. Good luck mate!