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Grand Magnate
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Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Northern Utah
Posts: 3,465
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Grand Magnate
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Northern Utah
Posts: 3,465
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Originally Posted by Curious
maybe an odd question...but i thought it would be a good one for people like us in chronic pain.
do you think the average pain scale works for us?
for me, the answer is no.
i have had pain since i was 12. it's always there in some level.
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I agree with you on the pain scale. I also have been in pain all my life...Spina Bifida...so when a doc asks me where my pain is I look at him and usually say...not sure...let me think on it. 
I have had to push my pain back if you know what I mean, to be able to function.
Whenever we go on a road trip or doing other tasks when I am not able to medicate my pain, I fall a part within miles of our home. The pain catches up with me and wow...
I once told a doc when he asked where my pain was and I said 10+ and he said that if my pain was that bad I should be crying...I told him I was crying inside and will really cry when I get to my car...
Therefore, I guess my answer would be no the pain scale does not apply to everyone!
I hope your pain is something you can deal with today...
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