I have the most throbbing migraine I’ve had in a long, long time.
It set in around 10 and it still won’t stop. I tried to sleep it off- no luck.
I hate chronic pain so much.
| Aug 26, 2015 — 1 note — Tags |
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Me:
I'm going to draw so much tonight!
Back Pain: Or you could just lay down for a bit. C:
Me: No thanks, I really want to draw.
Back Pain: We'll see about that. //wink//
Back Pain: Or you could just lay down for a bit. C:
Me: No thanks, I really want to draw.
Back Pain: We'll see about that. //wink//
| Aug 23, 2015 — 9 notes — Tags |
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The swcond I got out of bed a migraine decided to take root. Thankfully I am only working four hours and not six but I’m still exhausted and very in pain. I wore my sunglasses while driving to make it less awful but now my shift starts and the glasses come off.
| Aug 22, 2015 — 2 notes — Tags |
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mind:
we need to get A, B, C, D, E & F done today
me: okay, lets do this!!
body: hold up, ya’ll can choose one, beyond that it is going to cost you 3 days in bed
me: but we JUST spent 3 days in bed
body: you aren't the boss here, I am
me: okay, lets do this!!
body: hold up, ya’ll can choose one, beyond that it is going to cost you 3 days in bed
me: but we JUST spent 3 days in bed
body: you aren't the boss here, I am
a helpful pain scale for people who have difficulty with doing body inventory or quantifying pain
0-10 Scale of Pain Severity
10 - Unable to Move I am in bed and can’t move due to my pain. I need someone to take me to the emergency room to get help for my pain.
9 - Severe My pain is all that I can think about. I can barely talk or move because of the pain.
8 - Intense My pain is so severe that it is hard to think of anything else. Talking and listening are difficult.
7 - Unmanageable I am in pain all the time. It keeps me from doing most activities.
6 - Distressing I think about my pain all of the time. I give up many activities because of my pain.
5 - Distracting I think about my pain most of the time. I cannot do some of the activities I need to do each day because of the pain.
4 - Moderate I am constantly aware of my pain but I can continue most activities.
3 - Uncomfortable My pain bothers me but I can ignore it most of the time.
2 - Mild I have a low level of pain. I am aware of my pain only when I pay attention to it.
1 - Minimal My pain is hardly noticeable.
0 - No Pain I have no pain.
I want to stress the “talking and listening are difficult” part of level 8.
My pain hasn’t been that bad often (only three or four times in a span of 4 or so years), but the last time it was, about two months ago, I wasn’t registering what my friends were saying to me, or what I was saying the them, because so much of my mind/energy was going towards standing/not screaming and crying/staying conscious.
Long-term, this becomes “I can’t remember what I said when I was in pain,” which may sound like an excuse, but which has proven to be true in many studies on chronic pain.
And at 9, it just gets even more extreme. At 9, I could barely even laugh, and I had absolutely no energy left to stop the things I was thinking from coming out of my mouth. Literally everything I had was being directed toward addressing my pain. I had no faculties left to devote to dealing with people, so when I had to I did it badly.
Chronic pain fucks us up in so, so, so many ways.
Someone:
Okay, but everyone gets headaches sometimes- it's not like an illness or anything.
Me: It would be so amazing if I only got headaches “sometimes”.
Me: It would be so amazing if I only got headaches “sometimes”.
| Aug 14, 2015 — 13 notes — Tags |
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