Damn, man. I hope your rib situation is improved! Hopefully they were right, and it's sorted by now.
I almost joined you as a slippery shower victim last night. I had the bright idea of going in after a bottle of wine. I'm standing with my back to the curtain, and standing on one leg. I do that a lot for reasons unkown, stupidly dangerous as it is. Next thing I know my foot goes out from under me, the side of the bath forces my leg to bend, and i fall backwards. The back of my head/neck was exactly in line with the edge of the toilet. I somehow managed to get my arms behind me, in the nick of time. If I hadn't, man, I think I'd be lucky to escape with all my motor functions. I reckon I'd have just straight-up broken my spine. I had all my weight behind me, and I'm a fairly tall dude, so the velocity would likely have just shattered it. A fuck*ng close shave and a half it was. Afterwards I picked myself up, sat on the edge of the bath and just laughed for a good 10 minutes, just happy to be intact.
I don't mean to out-do you or anything, but give me a broken rib any day. My biggest fear is being paralyzed, and I think I came pretty fuck*ng close last night. I've gotten all shaky just thinking about it.