OnAngelsBreath

[OnAngelsBreath]

my boyfriend strangled me in a fit of rage and it has been two weeks yet i am still having considerable pain in my neck and a difficult time swallowing.  could this possibly be a broken hyoid bone? and if so, is there treatment? should i seek help from a medical doctor?  i do not want any type of police involvement in my life!  they have been involved in previous domestic violence situations that i have lived through and did nothing but cause me great trauma.  if i were to seek medical attention would the doctors be required by law to report the incident if my hyoid is broken?  i live in the us in michigan.  any help in this matter would be greatly appreciated.  thank you.  ~d

[bsmsl]

Welcome to MedHelp.  I wish it was under better circumstances.

I thoroughly agree with SurgiMenaupause.

You boyfriend obviously does not respect you and you deserve better.  You are a loved creation of God's.  Without the the transforming love of Jesus Christ in his life, he will not change.  Without the same love in your own life, you will not see your true value as His beloved creation and child.  The violence will escalate until you are hospitalized or worse.  

You must take necessary changes to get away from the violence.  This may require a battered woman's shelter, and certainly a restraining order.  You must find help.

Take care of your self.

God bless.

[LivingInHope]

I believe you need to get a restraining order against your boyfriend and that he needs to become a former boyfriend unless Christ transforms his heart and life.  You are blessed to have survived through so much violence, but you just might not live to tell what happened next time.  Please seek and find the shelter and help you need to get you out of this unhealthy environment of abuse.

  And whether or not it is the doctor's duty to report suspected abuse should not hold you back from seeking the medical assistance you are in desparate need of.  It must be awful to have all that pain and have a hard time swallowing!  Please go to the emergency room and see if you can't get some pain relief and if something's broken, hopefully they can try to help it to heal the best way possible.  You don't want to wait too long if something were broken or it may not heal as well.