Physical pain severity scale

[Holding my breath]

it's been mostly 6 & 7 this week with some bad spikes because of the situation but that is better than it was. hopefully next week i'll get back to normal around 5 & 6

mike

That’s still very high, but I know it’s difficult to get it lower. Hope it gets there soon for you. Xx

 

[nicktheundoer]

Not to turn this into just a complaints thread but this is a pretty heavily worded pain scale I kind of liked.
Obviously we're all varying at different places during a day or a week or longer so let's not have a competition, it's just a reference I thought was interesting.
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I had anal fissure and still have but now it's at '0-1' earlier like one year before it was '9'. Grateful to God that i dont feel severe pain. But you never know, pain can be felt at any time. Life is unpredictable. May God help me and you.

 

[1964dodge]

That’s still very high, but I know it’s difficult to get it lower. Hope it gets there soon for you. Xx

thank you

mike....

 

[1964dodge]

I had anal fissure and still have but now it's at '0-1' earlier like one year before it was '9'. Grateful to God that i dont feel severe pain. But you never know, pain can be felt at any time. Life is unpredictable. May God help me and you.

 

[Winslow]

thank you, i'll be better when the spike goes down. i think it should be like logans run everybody dies at 30, nobody suffers the pain/illness of old age lol

mike...

I agree with you about Logan's Run, but even 30 might be too young yet to be pushing up daisies. Still, the Logan's Run storyline certainly gives us cause to ponder.

 

[1964dodge]

higher pain level is still an issue. i'm averaging 6 which is only a little higher except for the spikes. i'm getting more spikes and they last longer between 7 and 10. i was expecting this so no big deal. i am getting better and i'm pretty sure i'll be close to normal in 2 or 3 weeks

mike....

 

[toomuchreality]

I dont know how to answer. If I'm fully aware of my body, I guess a 6 without pain meds. I'm not getting an increase in them, i know my doctor's attitude, and he's called me a "marshmallow" he thinks i'm weak. I wish we could exchange bodies and minds for a day and see if he'd change his thoughts and give me a boost after 2 yrs of the same dose of oxycodone.

 

[toomuchreality]

higher pain level is still an issue. i'm averaging 6 which is only a little higher except for the spikes. i'm getting more spikes and they last longer between 7 and 10. i was expecting this so no big deal. i am getting better and i'm pretty sure i'll be close to normal in 2 or 3 weeks

mike....

I don't know how you manage.. what helps you get to feel normal?

 

[toomuchreality]

I'm tired, I'm not judging by the scale right. i guess realistically a 4, but how do i know i feel what others feel at that number... sorry i'm tired and distracting myself by posting

 

[Walker]

I'm tired, I'm not judging by the scale right. i guess realistically a 4, but how do i know i feel what others feel at that number... sorry i'm tired and distracting myself by posting

You don't have to judge by what others feel - you judge by how YOU feel

 

[1964dodge]

I don't know how you manage.. what helps you get to feel normal?

first as upset as i am about not being able to get what i need for pain meds i don't really blame the doctors. they are in a hard place. if they give even 1 patient too much meds they could lose their license not to mention fines and possibly jail time. the blame goes to the cdc and dea. my doctor like most moved all of his opioid patients to a pain clinic. it was a nightmare which caused extreme stress, depression, and anxiety. so i negotiated and even begged him to start prescribing again.

for me, with my meds i live in the 5 to 6 range under normal conditions, times like this are higher. my doctor gives me 90 15mg morphine sulphate and 60 hydro-morphone 2mg a month whis is about 25% of what i used to have, wonder why the pain is so high lol. i also take mmj candy around 1000mg to 1500 mg per month plus a tens unit, i also use a mmj salve for my legs. i tried kratom and it worked well for a little while. try to keep fighting to get the meds you need

mike....

 

[1964dodge]

I'm tired, I'm not judging by the scale right. i guess realistically a 4, but how do i know i feel what others feel at that number... sorry i'm tired and distracting myself by posting

i read the post by @Walker and i agree with him. i think it's safe to judge your pain by your experince. if some people experienced my pain they wouldn't be able to handle it and they would think my 5 or 6 would be ten for them, other people that are in severe pain would experience my pain and they would think it's much lower. i'm sure that my 10 could get worse but i hope not

mike...

 

[SillyOldBear]

higher pain level is still an issue. i'm averaging 6 which is only a little higher except for the spikes. i'm getting more spikes and they last longer between 7 and 10. i was expecting this so no big deal. i am getting better and i'm pretty sure i'll be close to normal in 2 or 3 weeks

mike....

I sure hope it goes down soon.

 

[1964dodge]

i think i am getting better but still have a journey ahead of me. my pain is generally 6 at best but most of the day and night is much higher with the spikes. i am still fighting but have to admit it is getting to me

mike

 

[KM76710]

i think i am getting better but still have a journey ahead of me. my pain is generally 6 at best but most of the day and night is much higher with the spikes. i am still fighting but have to admit it is getting to me

mike

I hope that you journey goes well and smoothly and that things improve for you.

 

[1964dodge]

I sure hope it goes down soon.

me too lol. the worst part is i can see how much it hurts my doctor that i'm in so much pain

mike....

 

[1964dodge]

I hope that you journey goes well and smoothly and that things improve for you.

thank you

mike....

 

[toomuchreality]

first as upset as i am about not being able to get what i need for pain meds i don't really blame the doctors. they are in a hard place. if they give even 1 patient too much meds they could lose their license not to mention fines and possibly jail time. the blame goes to the cdc and dea. my doctor like most moved all of his opioid patients to a pain clinic. it was a nightmare which caused extreme stress, depression, and anxiety. so i negotiated and even begged him to start prescribing again.

for me, with my meds i live in the 5 to 6 range under normal conditions, times like this are higher. my doctor gives me 90 15mg morphine sulphate and 60 hydro-morphone 2mg a month whis is about 25% of what i used to have, wonder why the pain is so high lol. i also take mmj candy around 1000mg to 1500 mg per month plus a tens unit, i also use a mmj salve for my legs. i tried kratom and it worked well for a little while. try to keep fighting to get the meds you need

mike....

I don't think there is such a thing as a pain clinic where I'm from. I only get 2 , 5mg oxycocet, that have 325 mg of tylenol in them. It's been the same dose for well over 2 years. All I can do is take what I get to keep from offing myself, my doctor wont give me more. I feel like an addict, and I didn't want to become one. I sometimes take more to relieve the pain, and emotional pain due to stress with the physical pain, it's a viscious circling of going down the drain, to wait to get the next little bit. Thank you for your replay @1964dodge , I admire your courage to keep going. I feel like my heart is going to give out tonight. Seriously. It flutters in my chest. I just found out I was fooled yet again by a man. He said I could have a relationship with him, more than what he has... to finally look at his real facebook page and see he was loving another woman all along. I don't want to live. My son is depressed and doesn't want to live, other wise I'd be leaving this world. Sorry to be so down on here... but thank you for listening.

 

[1964dodge]

I don't think there is such a thing as a pain clinic where I'm from. I only get 2 , 5mg oxycocet, that have 325 mg of tylenol in them. It's been the same dose for well over 2 years. All I can do is take what I get to keep from offing myself, my doctor wont give me more. I feel like an addict, and I didn't want to become one. I sometimes take more to relieve the pain, and emotional pain due to stress with the physical pain, it's a viscious circling of going down the drain, to wait to get the next little bit. Thank you for your replay @1964dodge , I admire your courage to keep going. I feel like my heart is going to give out tonight. Seriously. It flutters in my chest. I just found out I was fooled yet again by a man. He said I could have a relationship with him, more than what he has... to finally look at his real facebook page and see he was loving another woman all along. I don't want to live. My son is depressed and doesn't want to live, other wise I'd be leaving this world. Sorry to be so down on here... but thank you for listening.

i'm sorry that both you and your son are depressed. as for your son please make sure he is seen by someone competent because depresssion is more dangerous for teens and young adults . chronic pain/illness can cause pretty bad depression. just keep fighting and i hope you get better soon

mike....

 

[toomuchreality]

i'm sorry that both you and your son are depressed. as for your son please make sure he is seen by someone competent because depresssion is more dangerous for teens and young adults . chronic pain/illness can cause pretty bad depression. just keep fighting and i hope you get better soon

mike....

We have tried to get him admitted. The problem these days is 12 yr olds know their parents have no right to access their medical information, and they know when they get to the hospital what to say. 3 things. i don't have a plan to off myself, i have a safe place, and just talk their way out of it. i'm feeling angry at the moment. Yes my son matters, but if the old saying 'a mother needs to put on her own oxygen mask to save herself so she can also save her son' is false then i'm lost.