bloating and stuff after fall

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Hi folks,

My mom slipped and fell on her back and bumped her head a little last

week, and she thought she might have cracked a rib. She was having

trouble with intense pain in the area if she laughed, coughed,

sneezed, etc.

Anyway, since that time she's had this off and on bloat, that gets

real bad. She looks super-pregnant. And when its bad, it's pretty

hard to the touch. The odd thing is that she has no pain associated

with it! And no rumbling either. It does seem to get worse when she

eats, but there isn't a perfect association.

Along with it, she's been having these weird spontaneous bouts of

super-depression. She says she's not depressed about anything and its

hormonal. Like sometimes she'll suddenly not be able to sleep because

she's bawling her eyes out. And it will go away the next morning for

a few days, or hours, or whatever-- random.

When I read something from Dangerous Grains about how quitting smoking

can make symptoms worsen, she noted that she'd cut down dramatically

to 2 or 3 cigarettes a day recently.

Any thoughts?

Chris