I wanted to add too that I don't particularly like the pain scales either. Mostly because what I consider a 3 now would have knocked me on my butt pre-RSD...so I think it changes over time based on what your sense of "norm" it. I told the doctor last year that my definition of a 10 kept changing because every day I was experiencing new, worse pain so my concept of a 10 kept having to adjust to compensate.