Physical pain severity scale

[1964dodge]

@Bbear82 and anyone suffering from chronic pain for a certain duration or forever. a pain level higher than you can tolerate can bring you down a lot both physically and mentally. there are many methods that can be used, meds only one of them. every person that suffers pain should have a # that they reach and know it's past their ability to cope and fight the pain aggressively. it is up to each person to eliminate or lower pain. do your research and talk to your doctors, fight if you have to. any person that needs an ear that suffers chronic pain feel free to inbox me I do understand..mike...

 

[1964dodge]

between 8 and 9 not a great day

 

[SillyOldBear]

@1964dodge Sending many

 

[Nick]

between 8 and 9 not a great day

That's rough Mike, I hope it comes down soon.

 

[1964dodge]

@1964dodge Sending many

thank you

 

[1964dodge]

i'm finally down to a 4 which is good for me..mike...

 

[HappyKitty]

3 - kitty fell down the stairs. so embarrassing.

 

[1964dodge]

3 - kitty fell down the stairs. so embarrassing.

I hope kitty's pain goes down or away very soon....mike..

 

[HappyKitty]

I hope kitty's pain goes down or away very soon....mike..

kitty getting medical attention this Friday. 😺

 

[Terminal Denial]

My pain level is generally 1-2 with some spikes to 3-4. I have a condition where exercise causes muscle pain, quicker-than-normal fatigue, muscle cramps, and transitory muscle weakness. Best way I can describe it is that it’s slightly more severe than post-workout muscle soreness.

 

[HappyKitty]

9 - my menstrual cycle has just stopped. I’m being closely monitored now at A&E.

 

[HappyKitty]

1 - so happy with how the A&E team doctors treated me ^^

 

[Champagne]

9 - my menstrual cycle has just stopped. I’m being closely monitored now at A&E.

Awww hope you will feel better soon.

1 - so happy with how the A&E team doctors treated me ^^

Hope it ALL eases soon, Opi loves you and wants you to get well again

 

[HappyKitty]

Awww hope you will feel better soon.

Hope it ALL eases soon, Opi loves you and wants you to get well again

at least kitty's happy, that i finally got the right meds for insonmia now ^^

 

[Champagne]

at least kitty's happy, that i finally got the right meds for insonmia now ^^

Delighted for you 💗

 

[Auri]

Is it a personal issue when an attachment doesn't appear anymore, or it disappears for everyone at some point? In the latter case there is no scale anymore. @Walker Thank you ^^

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I have some annoying pain, not intense, but annoying.

 

[Walker]

hmmm yeah @Auri I’ll have to go look for it again. A monkey scrubbed down the entire form of photos older than 6 months. I tried to leave that one but must’ve screwed it up.

 

[laup]

Not sure that's how that works, man. Doctors actually think that when you say you're at a "5" and you're sitting there talking with them easily then they think you're attention seeking / drug seeking / addicted / who knows what.
A 3 isn't "why are you bothering the doctor" - it's "solidly having a problem here - I can still function through the day but we need some help".
And if you really want to get into it *I* think you can also answer a 1. And here's why. A 1 means that you're at a 1 right now but that doesn't mean you're at a 1 in the mornings... or at night... or after work every day... or when you bathe the kids... or on weekends... or week DAYS... (fill in the blanks) It only means that you have moments where you have relatively no pain. Nothing is wrong with that, it just means you're trying to tell them what's going on. You can add to that "I'm a 1 right now but the pain spikes to a five 3 or 4 times a day especially after I've been working".


This pain scale is a useful tool but it's still only a tool.

One of your mates mentioned swaying the other day between 3-5 i thought that was cool.

 

[1964dodge]

4 which is great for me

 

[HappyKitty]

8 - I’m hanging in there. My eyes just went watery out of the blue. I’m so sorry but I’ve been crying that my Noriday didn’t work and what they viewed me as this but I’m no drug-seeker! Nothing has been working.