This post is not, in fact, as the title suggests, as I am not a DOCTOR. My friend, let's call him "Kellan", had a bike accident in a crazy crack addict run-in on Sherman Ave. Unfortunately, this was on the way to see my concert, so I haven't quite worked out my feelings of guilt about that... The point is, his chest has been hurting for weeks. He finally sat down at work the other day, perhaps too vigorously, and heard (and felt) a snap coming from his ribs. Since then, he's been in intermittent severe pain.
This same said friend does not believe he needs to go to a doctor, because he's scoured the internet and it tells him that there's nothing a doctor can do for him. I believe we should let actual doctors decide and not chat rooms, hmm? Folks, PLEASE COMMENT so We can show him the extreme error of his ways.
And we can all get back to biking without fear of collapsed ribs, lungs, or friends.