Comments on: Why the Ten Point Pain Scale is Useless http://dancingwithpain.com/why-the-ten-point-pain-scale-is-useless/ Fri, 27 Jan 2012 14:03:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: The ten-point pain scale | Sick With Success .com http://dancingwithpain.com/why-the-ten-point-pain-scale-is-useless/comment-page-1/#comment-13958 The ten-point pain scale | Sick With Success .com Tue, 02 Mar 2010 11:32:42 +0000 http://dancingwithpain.com/?p=3536#comment-13958 [...] http://dancingwithpain.com/why-the-ten-point-pain-scale-is-useless/ [...]

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]]> By: Aviva http://dancingwithpain.com/why-the-ten-point-pain-scale-is-useless/comment-page-1/#comment-13756 Aviva Thu, 25 Feb 2010 01:05:33 +0000 http://dancingwithpain.com/?p=3536#comment-13756 OMG. I'm printing this out and taking it to my doctors (and the next time I end up in the ER too!). I've been complaining, pretty much since I started dealing with chronic pain 15 or so years ago, about that damn pain scale. I think it would be MUCH more useful to be able to just explain that my pain is my "normal" level,  moderate, severe or worse than anything I've ever had before. Also, I think I've adjusted to what I find tolerable pain-wise. When I first developed my current health problems, the pain was unbearable unless I was heavily medicated. These days, I don't take pain meds on a daily basis unless I'm flaring far beyond the levels I've learned to live with. It's not that I hurt less than I did three years ago. But I've adjusted, and this is now normal. Thanks, Jason, for a fabulous post!! OMG. I’m printing this out and taking it to my doctors (and the next time I end up in the ER too!). I’ve been complaining, pretty much since I started dealing with chronic pain 15 or so years ago, about that damn pain scale.
I think it would be MUCH more useful to be able to just explain that my pain is my “normal” level,  moderate, severe or worse than anything I’ve ever had before.
Also, I think I’ve adjusted to what I find tolerable pain-wise. When I first developed my current health problems, the pain was unbearable unless I was heavily medicated. These days, I don’t take pain meds on a daily basis unless I’m flaring far beyond the levels I’ve learned to live with. It’s not that I hurt less than I did three years ago. But I’ve adjusted, and this is now normal.
Thanks, Jason, for a fabulous post!!

]]> By: Heather Freeman http://dancingwithpain.com/why-the-ten-point-pain-scale-is-useless/comment-page-1/#comment-13691 Heather Freeman Tue, 23 Feb 2010 14:46:05 +0000 http://dancingwithpain.com/?p=3536#comment-13691 YES. I have been trying to explain this to people for so very long, and you may have just given me the words to do it. My "10" is measured against my experience with what was described to me as "the most painful labor complication possible" - the actual delivery was more like an 8. Like you, if I can talk without crying or screaming, it's a 7. I have often wondered how much of my care has been compromised because doctors interpreted a 7 as less bad than it is. YES. I have been trying to explain this to people for so very long, and you may have just given me the words to do it. My “10″ is measured against my experience with what was described to me as “the most painful labor complication possible” – the actual delivery was more like an 8. Like you, if I can talk without crying or screaming, it’s a 7. I have often wondered how much of my care has been compromised because doctors interpreted a 7 as less bad than it is.

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