Kidney stones are a solid nine. Only because I assume being set on fire is worse.

12/11/2011 9:46:48 PM

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12/11/2011 10:58:49 PM

up to a 6 or 7 today... (localized in my knee)... i hurt my knee (somehow) walking around after surgery... when i was in the hospital i did a lot of walking in socks and flip flops... maybe not used to that?

I can feel a lot of fluid accumulation on the outer portion of the joint... anyone had this happen before? it is significantly worse today than it was yesterday when it first started.

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12/12/2011 9:13:15 AM

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"what would be an example of something thats a 10? i mean i imagine having crocodiles eat your torso while you're alive would hurt like fuck, but I'm sure there are more painful things "

I think anything that causes you to pass out from pain can be counted as a 10. When I have appendicitis and was crawling around on the ground puking up bile, blacking out, and shivering severely from abdominal pain, I would have classified it as a 10 if I had been able to talk at the time.

12/12/2011 9:17:54 AM

^ agreed

I would classify my burn as a 9 - the only reason it didn't get a 10 is because I didn't pass out... But I sure as hell as blacked out for a while

Right now I'm at a 4 or so. My joints are so stiff and hurt

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12/12/2011 9:19:40 AM

I think I'm at a 7/8 right now because of the location of the pain (underside of foot), but not the actual pain. The pain is about a 3/4, but it hurts every time I put my foot down...so it SUCKS.

I'm worried its plantar fascitis...something both my dad and sister have. It's coming from my the arch.

I'm hoping some rest will cure it. I ran a lot this past week and I was on my feet a lot more than usual. Don't want to cut down on the exercising during the holidays, but it might be necessary.

12/12/2011 9:26:24 AM

ugh having flat feet is making exercising so not fun...my arches hurt so bad sometimes

12/12/2011 9:30:09 AM

4

Sinus congestion causing a bit of ear pressure and pain this morning plus a little sore from the elliptical.

12/12/2011 9:43:48 AM

I'm starting to get pain in my heels and back of knee. I think fluid is beginning to settle. I begged my significant other to take me on a walk today.tomorrow is the big trip of getting the drain out.
I think a 10 is crying in pain and passing out. Kidney stones are worse then gall to me. I asked the nurse if childbirth was worse, she just laughed at me said yes and proceeded to tell me how she got knocked up as a teen and her mom made her give birth without pain meds

12/12/2011 11:06:39 AM

haha holy shit how in god's name is that anyone's decision but the woman giving birth??

12/12/2011 11:10:09 AM

Childbirth is not worse than kidney stones. I've heard several women say they'd rather give birth than have kidney stones.

With kidney stones, I suffered for ten days and was in so much pain that I vomited. Child birth isn't nearly as long. When I was pregnant the first time, I'd just gotten over a bought of kidney stones and when I told the OB, she was like "Then childbirth will be easy."

12/12/2011 11:16:00 AM

yeah i've heard kidney stones can be some of the worst pain ever... not that i've ever experienced them or childbirth, but i've heard stones can be worse.

12/12/2011 12:41:12 PM

You can pass out in shock and die right?

12/12/2011 12:42:58 PM

cluster headaches are definitely a 10 on the pain scale

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cluster_headache

12/12/2011 12:45:22 PM

The woman said her mom said if shes going to act like a woman and get knocked up then she give birth like one.she was underage so her mom called the shots on the meds.

12/12/2011 5:41:06 PM

4

12/12/2011 5:51:10 PM

right now, about a 1. little sore but i feel good!

12/12/2011 6:28:20 PM

i'd say a 2. my knee is a lot better today. just needed to ice it and rest it.

12/13/2011 1:41:03 PM

1

eyes are tired

12/13/2011 1:45:46 PM

yesterday it was a zero... first day back at work.

today it is a 5. I should have stayed home a few more days.

12/15/2011 7:15:21 AM

back down to a 2.

12/16/2011 7:12:20 AM

9. The first thing I did this morning was cry while eating ice cream. This strep is probably the second worse case I've ever had, I sure hope these antibiotics start working soon


/whine

1/11/2012 9:55:54 AM

1/11/2012 10:04:13 AM

anyone ever had gallstones/gallbladder infection?
I've had on and off pain in my upper abdomen and back, it's fluctuating from like a 5 to a 7 I guess? Just a steady cramping like pain that makes me want to hunch over.
It will wake me up in the middle of the night, nauseated, hurts so bad I get chills. I've been up last night since about 3AM
I just looked up some symptoms and that's what it came back with
I just had my appendix out a few years ago so I know it's not that.
This sucks

1/11/2012 10:11:17 AM

8....The top of my left shoulder (i guess the end of the collar bone? whatever knob/bump that you can feel before you get to your arm) hurts so bad. I think I must irritate them the most doing the flys machine at the gym.

1/11/2012 11:20:45 AM

If my wife were on TWW she would love this thread.

she's currently doing an acute pain rotation, and her patients are fucking stupid.

1/11/2012 11:23:38 AM

seeing people overestimate their pain scale is kinda funny.

people dont understand what a 9 or 10 is, until they really understand what a 9 or 10 is.

1/11/2012 11:24:48 AM

she called one of them out yesterday on their 10/10 pain, and they insisted it was 10/10 pain.

then the guy pulled his epidural tube out of the pump out of being a dickfor

and found out how bad the pain could be.

of course he then called it a 13/10 pain level.

moron.

She's a better person than I. I'd have let him writhe.

1/11/2012 11:26:35 AM

Its all relative. For most of us that have led a relatively sheltered life, stubbing your toe is a legit 7.

1/11/2012 11:28:53 AM

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"anyone ever had gallstones/gallbladder infection?"

ask chris

1/11/2012 11:43:25 AM

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"people dont understand what a 9 or 10 is, until they really understand what a 9 or 10 is."

It's all based on what you've experienced so how could they?

^^So basically this.

A kidney stone they had to go up in with a claw grabber to remove was my 10/10. Urinated pure blood after I woke up from that one.

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1/11/2012 11:53:07 AM

Currently a 2...a little discomfort worth this congestion/cold. Although I wouldn't even call out pain...just inconvenient and annoying.

1/11/2012 11:59:12 AM

I base the 1-10 scale on the worst pain I have ever felt, which was actually a really bad case of strep. It was the only time I cried in a doctors office. Also, I feel I can handle some types of pain better than other types. I'd rather have a thousand anchors put in my shoulder, than shake in pain everytime I swallow. Also, I have an earache which is a pain I absolutely hate. I guess its because I had awful ear infections as a child. Pain is so weird.

1/11/2012 12:35:45 PM

physically 0
emotionally 0

I'm pretty hungry though.

1/11/2012 12:58:03 PM

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" Currently a 2...a little discomfort worth with this congestion/cold. Although I wouldn't even call out it pain...just inconvenient and annoying."

Swype, lol.

1/11/2012 1:52:21 PM

pretty sore from the gym for the past couple of days, but i'm still going to say 0 because it's a good pain.

1/11/2012 5:07:36 PM

lol @ a sore throat being a 9 or 10

1/11/2012 5:11:16 PM

Mine have been at about a 7 or an 8...probably because its a combo of throat pain, adenoid pain, and ear pain due to super inflamed tonsils

But I have really bad tonsillitis which is why I'm having my tonsils removed next month

1/11/2012 5:13:28 PM

I've been at like a 3 since Saturday. I ate collards, and only collards, and a lot of collards, for lunch for four days in a row last week, and I'm fairly sure I've got a big wad of collards stuck in my gut somewhere. Can't breathe deep or stand up without it hurting. Monday I went to bed at like 8 with a fever.

1/11/2012 8:47:22 PM

Troop
Just got mine out last month. What you described. Sounds like it. If you have questions PM me. Mine was real infected

1/11/2012 10:44:54 PM

10. Watching the State game.

1/11/2012 11:12:49 PM

Ankle = 8
Attitude due to ^ = 4
Rest of me = 0

Life is still good

1/11/2012 11:14:49 PM

I can certainly be worse.

1/12/2012 12:13:37 AM

3

1/12/2012 2:56:17 AM

1, my shoulder and upper back is kind of irritated. I 'pulled' it last week when I sneezed.

1/12/2012 3:51:03 AM