Re: Aletta's 1 - 10 for Pain

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You're a peach.. Incidentally, red is still red, it is

quiet in my ears, and the vertigo is at bay. Yippie! Three

down another hundred symptoms to go. Hey, I take what I can get,

and am damn happy for it.

At 5/27/02 08:16 AM Monday, you wrote:

Aletta,

I have copied and pasted and printed your pain level

indicator. You have

a very good point. My husband usually answers for me...on a scale

of 1 - 10

put her at about a 14....why the heck do you think we are here? Of

course,

this means nothing to those that have not experienced severe

pain.

I usually tell them, especially men who have passed a kidney

stone, that I

passed a kidney stone a year and a half ago and compared to what I am

feeling right now, that would have been a 3.5.

After all, I worked a 10 hour day and went to the doctor after

work and it

was only then that I realized the level of pain that I always

experience. I

am in so much pain all of the time that passing a kidney stone on top of

it

all was really no big deal.

Another idea if it is a male nurse or doctor is to ask them how

much pain

they would be in if someone took a metal rod and rammed them between the

legs. Call that a 7 and then compare to where you are right

now. If it is

a female doctor or nurse, compare it to natural childbirth and put that

down

as a 3 - 4.... after all, that pain does go away.

If those don't work, bring a stun gun with you to the hospital and

tell

the doctor/nurse to stick their hand in some water then just zap

them. Ask

them what they would describe their pain level as.

OK, so none of my ideas are very practical or productive so I'll

stick to

yours. I do have one thing that helps me get through all of the

stupid

questions that are asked. I envision a room with velcro wallpaper

and the

person that is in my current dislike in a velcro body suit. I

picture them

with duct tape over their mouth and then me throwing them upside the wall

and watching them struggle to get free. Sort of like a fly in fly

paper. I

know... one sick pup here but visualizations make me smile.

Thanks for letting me rant.

Deborah aka Tenacity

10 -

kill me now, I cannot bear to live one more nanosecond

9

- I am here to keep me from killing

myself with the pills I

have at home, the pain is that bad

8

- please just let me loose

consciousness

7

- it hurts so much I can no longer

think clearly, or act in

a dignified manner

6

- it is constant and nothing I have

at hand gives me relief

5

- it comes and goes and nothing I

have at hand gives me

relief

4

- the pain does not go away and it is

scaring me, I am

afraid to sleep because I might not wake up

3

- I could use something to make it

more bearable, I am here

because do not know what this is

2

- I could use something to make it

more bearable, I am here

because do know what this is

1

- It's bearable but enough to make me

come to hospital just

in case

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