HI I AM A 32 YEAR OLD FEMALE WITH NO PRIOR HEALTH PROBLEMS. SO, I FELL AT WORK LAST TUESDAY AND I LANDED ON MY RIGHT ARM AND MY CHEST HIT MY FIST, RIGHT ABOVE THE MIDDLE OF MY STERNUM AND A LITTLE TO THE LEFT. I WENT TO THE DOCTOR THEY TOOK AN X RAY PHOTO AND TOLD ME ITS JUST BRUISED, HOWEVER, THE PAIN IS CONSTANT AND CAN BE UNBEARABLE, IF I COUGH OR HICCUP, AND IT DOESNT LOOK BRUISED BUT THERE IS A SMALL HARD LUMP THAT FOLLOWS ONE OF MY RIBS ON THE LEFT. MY QUESTION IS THAT WOULD A BRUISE HURT CONSTANTLY, AND FOR THIS LONG OF A PERIOD OF TIME? I FEEL LIKE IT HURTS SO BAD THAT MAYBE THERE IS SOMETHING ELSE WRONG; IS IT POSSIBLE FOR THE DOCTOR AND THE XRAY TO BE WRONG?