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Get me on pain level scale using my pain scale?

deleted_user
deleted_user
Before 6 months ago From 6 months Ago
1.No Pain At all 1. See a Dr. Pain
2.Dull Occassional Ache2. Aggrevaiting Steady
3.See A Dr. Pain 3. MedicationNOTWorking
4.Need Medication Pain 4. Limits daily activity
5.Aggrevating Steady 5. Rude awaking in pain
6.Limiting Activity 6. Want to scream pain
7.Waking You Up Pain 7. Can't sit still pain
8.Can't sit still pain 8. 2hrs to get up pain
9.Shaking & Crying 9. Shaking and Crying
10.After Incision Surgery10. After Surgery Pain

Now first #10 was after say gall bladder surgery while the second #10 is after open heart surgery.

I just can't make sense of the Dr. pain scale when all I have to compare it to is what I have already experienced in life.

PLEASE HELP!!!
deleted_user
deleted_user
From what I understand of the scale...10 is the absolute WORST pain you've ever had in your life and you go by that.
My worst was my neck surgery so I figure from that pain as to how I'm feeling on a day to day basis. You just go by your own experience like you said to rate your own pain. I think the scale is holey. Pain is pain but that's just my opinion.
deleted_user
deleted_user
I mean hokey...LOL!
ZAZAS
ZAZAS
they use to throw me for loop too, like what do you mean on a scale of 1 to 10. Thats about the dumbest thing I have ever heard. But after I got use to them, I really like being able to chart my pain level. Dale has already answered your question, just adding a comment here.
deleted_user
deleted_user
So just to make sure I understand, you sorta re-evaluate your pain scale periodically so it reflects where you are in the now? I think that would make alot more sense.
Thanks to both of you for your input here cause it really has been bothering me.
deleted_user
deleted_user
I like your pain scale better, it is easier to relate to! But...there are those fortunate people who never had surgeries so they have no idea what we are talking about. I think putting an example behind each like AJ did is a better idea!
deleted_user
deleted_user
Since the pain scale is to evaluate your pain against pain you have had before, I wonder if pain all over would rate higher than pain in just one area. If my all over pain is at a 6, and I have sharp muscle pain that for me would be an 8, would I then average them out, or say 6, or would I say 8?
deleted_user
deleted_user
This is the one I go by....

http://www.tipna.org/info/documents/ComparativePainScale.htm

You have scroll down for it.
deleted_user
deleted_user
I think that was part of my question but between the lines IS ONE SCALE USED FOR ALL PAIN IN ALL AREAS? I think that rating headache would be different than a back pain likely too mental pain is different in rating than back pain. I guess that is why I was concerned--there would have to be an individualized pain scale for all areas of the body. The pain scale is not really universal.
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