Do you keep a pain journal?
Pain journals can help both doctor and patient to recognize pain and pain triggers/sources and treat it properly.
There are several types of printable forms that are available online to make keeping a pain journal easy....
here are a few links to sites that discuss pain journals and some links to printable pain worksheets, and some links to the 0-10 pain scales and what each number means-
http://www.breastcancer.org/pain_diary.html
http://www.geocities.com/HotSprings/1712/pscale.html
http://www2.rpa.net/~lrandall/B1.html
http://www2.rpa.net/~lrandall/fmslog.html
http://www.painresearch.utah.edu/can...rovtoolsF.html
http://www2.rpa.net/~lrandall/painscale.html
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