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.

my worst pain to date was when i had my son. it was an emergancy c-section and i wasn't put under after the dr said it was a boy. that was my 9. 10 for me would a painful death. unrecoverable pain.

it makes it hard for me to be compassionate when my husband has a sore shoulder from working out or sleeping wrong. you would think someone had sliced open his belly and yanked out a 9lb'er.

i'm kinda whiney. got the bone grinding on bone right now. grrrrrr..it just grates on every nerve. i move and i feel it everywhere. i'll get through it. i need to get some pounds off. i know that will help my back. 20lbs.