Broke my collarbone in 1997 at age 50. The doc said it would be 5 weeks before I would feel like riding.

At 4 weeks I was still sore and beginning to have doubts, but that fifth week was amazing- at the end of it I got back on the bike with very little discomfort.

I did go back to the doc three weeks after the accident, with pain in the ribs. He said it was "soft tissue trauma". When it still hurt to cough or sneeze 10 days after that, they finally did x-rays and found 2 broken ribs- mostly healed by then.

Be patient, wear your sling, do whatever rehab they tell you to. Practice the mantra "Tuck and Roll". Use this time to catch up on your reading.