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Explaining pain

TheCatWoman

I've got a form to fill in from the pain clinic and it asks me to grade my pain from 1-10 with 10 be the worst pain I can imagine. Can I imagine anything more painful thatn childbirth or waking up from surgery, with my middle sewn up and no pain killers, well no I can't, but theres no where on the form to put this. The form's a bit crap as it has very little space for me to write anything, like the massive side effects from all pain killers except paracetamol and even they upset my tummy after 3 or 4 days.

It dosen't help that I've been discharged by them twice before with no relief, they decided the pain in my back was to widespread for them to give me injections and although I'm going for knee, shoulder and hip pain this time I'm afraid they won't be able to help again and I will be told I'm so resourseful I could teach them stuff. I got upset and angry when they said this, I've done everything I can for 30 odd years to stay out of a wheelchair and now when I ask for help, theres nothing they can do, or will do or consider.

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  • I was asked to rate my pain from one to ten recently - I had a tooth infection that was incredibly painful (literal agony that was driving me crazy and stopping me from sleeping) and i was trying to get an emergency appointment. It’s a hard question to answer - but I suppose there aren’t many easy ways to get someone to describe their level of pain. They then prescribed me very strong antibiotics to treat the infection and they gave me appallingly painful stomach pains and nausea. So I’ve had a lot of pain recently. It’s been a serious lesson for me in what pain does to you mentally - I felt I couldn’t concentrate on anything else at all and it started to really wear me down and make me feel really depressed. Thankfully I’ve now got some relief - but they’ve given me the option of extraction or root canal for the tooth involved - and I seriously struggle with making decisions and don’t know what to do. I’m sorry you’re dealing with a lot of pain - that’s just the hardest thing to be living with. I hope you get more help soon. I’ve taken so many painkillers over the last three weeks and I hate taking them as I worry about the impact of drugs on the body. What can you do though? 

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  • I was asked to rate my pain from one to ten recently - I had a tooth infection that was incredibly painful (literal agony that was driving me crazy and stopping me from sleeping) and i was trying to get an emergency appointment. It’s a hard question to answer - but I suppose there aren’t many easy ways to get someone to describe their level of pain. They then prescribed me very strong antibiotics to treat the infection and they gave me appallingly painful stomach pains and nausea. So I’ve had a lot of pain recently. It’s been a serious lesson for me in what pain does to you mentally - I felt I couldn’t concentrate on anything else at all and it started to really wear me down and make me feel really depressed. Thankfully I’ve now got some relief - but they’ve given me the option of extraction or root canal for the tooth involved - and I seriously struggle with making decisions and don’t know what to do. I’m sorry you’re dealing with a lot of pain - that’s just the hardest thing to be living with. I hope you get more help soon. I’ve taken so many painkillers over the last three weeks and I hate taking them as I worry about the impact of drugs on the body. What can you do though? 

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