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I have trouble with that too. Do they want to know how much my neck hurts?? or my lumbar?? or my fibromyalgia??

When I go to pain management, I usually say "my neck is a 3-4" and "my lumbar is 6-8".

My low back doesn't hurt at all unless I stand. So, I go from 0 to 60 in ... 10 seconds

I had an epidural in my neck a couple of weeks ago. I finally figured out that "they" (the pain management people) do not want to give you any needles if you're having zero pain.

I guess my sneaky way around the one-number-thing is just to describe the pain level when I do certain things -- it's a certain number when I stand to do laundry or dishes, it's another number when I ride in a motor vehicle.

I have trouble with the numbers too -- I usually look at the smiley faces and try to choose which one of those that I feel like.

I guess I'm not the best of patients ... refusing to give one number and qualifying their dumb number system with my own interpretation

Barb