So finally had to go over to the Campus Medical Center on Tuesday to get checked out because instead of getting better after dealing with the pain for a day, it got markedly worse. At first they thought I might have a spontaneous partial collapse of my right lung, but after getting sent over to the local hospital for some x-rays, they decided that I had probably just torn something and prescribed 800mg ibuprofen pills every 8 hours and 7.5/750mg hydrocodone/acetaminophen (vicodin) pills every 6 hours as needed, which barely put a dent in the pain. Spent the majority of Wednesday sleeping sitting up in my desk chair, staying as unmoving as possible. Went back to the health center this morning to see an internist to get my diagnosis confirmed, and the final word is that I managed to separate some inter-skeletal muscle in my back, or in other words, separated some muscle from the ribs in my back, hence the extreme pain when I would take a breath, as the ribs are always moving. The Dr. also changed my vicodin prescription from 7.5/750mg pills to 7.5/500mg pills so that I could take two at a time every six hours, instead of just one every six, as apparently, the acetaminophen (Tylenol) is the limiting factor, with a max dose per day being 4000mg. I must say that the new upgraded prescription is doing wonders. I’m still in some pain, but I can actually move about fairly well now, where before I’d have to stop every few hundred feet to catch my breath because take a breath while walking hurt that much.