• runner_g@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      42·
      16 hours ago

      I told a doctor once that I got a “normal amount of headaches”. He asked me how many that was and I told him 1 or 2 a week, to which he responded “the normal amount is 0”.

      I was in to see him about migraines.

      • MothmanDelorian@lemmy.world
        2·
        8 hours ago

        Consider the fact that for many in chronic pain they do not realize that many people have none. For example I have two or three headaches a year and it is almost always related to caffeine intake or lack of it.

        • theangryseal@lemmy.world
          4·
          7 hours ago

          Man. I wake up with a headache nearly every morning. Almost everyone in my family does (mom’s side, don’t know dad’s side) so I haven’t thought about it.

          After about 20 minutes it goes away.

          Now that I think about it, it’s probably sinus issues. That’s something else common in my family.

          Maybe because we all had coal stoves growing up. Who knows? A doctor maybes :p

      • JustAnotherKay@lemmy.world
        11·
        14 hours ago

        I’ve been in the same boat, except that it was after a few months of being on migraine medication. Told my doc I was down to normal amounts of headaches and he said “are you sure? How many?” And then we had the exact same interaction lol

    • dumbassEnglish
      13·
      13 hours ago

      Every single person I’ve even spoken to makes me think that’s a lie.

      I don’t know anyone who isn’t in some form of constant pain.

      • kreskin@lemmy.world
        2·
        1 hour ago

        I had a particularly bad ingrown toenail removed once and my whole body suddenly relaxed. It felt like even my scalp was relaxing. I think chronic pain must be very stressful for your entire body.

      • lightnsfw@reddthat.com
        3·
        5 hours ago

        Physically I’m doing pretty good. I have a thing where my hip tightens up sometimes but that’s not constant. It’s the mental health that is a concern.

      • Maalus@lemmy.world
        21·
        5 hours ago

        I’m not. Closest is my IBS and a constant fear of being away from a toilet for long enough that it becomes an issue. Had the entire city mapped out for toilets when I had an on-site job. Then one fateful day, they closed a street, the tram had to go around and added 30 mins to the travel time. I saw it turn right instead od going forward and I have never felt such fear in my life since

  • garbagebagel@lemmy.world
    23·
    16 hours ago

    My RMT today was going through the initial questions and asked “pain?” With regards to my physical pain, and then went “stress?” And my brain short-circuited and I said “isn’t that the same thing” so I’d say 10/10 for both in these times, thank you.

    • theangryseal@lemmy.world
      1·
      7 hours ago

      I like this. Diffectively works better but someone will chime in saying you made a spelling error even with context.

      Or differctively. I’m differctive for sure.

      • insomniac_lemon@lemmy.cafeEnglish
        2·
        6 hours ago

        The name’s Diff… Diff Fective.

        You think I’m Abe Normal? No, but I have a lot of respect for them, really pushing the meta strategy further than ever.

        • theangryseal@lemmy.world
          1·
          6 hours ago

          Abe Normal is just a guy like me. We knew each other in the old country. Shady characters all around. We never got close but I could count on him in a pinch. I never dreamed we’d be partners, solving mysteries together.

          Norm Al Goody runs a pharmacy at the edge of town, and I’d bet my life on the fact they he’s supplying the Wretch Heads with their junk.

          If I have to beat it out of him, I will. Abe thinks we should handle it by the book, but I’m Detective Diff Fective. I’m not known for playing by the books.

          Sorry. :p

  • Hobbes_Dent@lemmy.world
    10·
    18 hours ago

    And the 0/10, the 1/10, the 2/10, the 3/10, and the 5/10.

    Above that you gotta do special calculus depending what the doc provides.

        • yannic@lemmy.ca
          10·
          7 hours ago

          No way.

          I received opiates after abdominal surgery only after I explained why my pain level was only stated as a 3 or 4 out of 10, if 10 was “The worse pain [I] could possibly imagine.”

          2/10 is manageable temporarily but not chronically.

          3/10 was the limit where I could hide it. It requires a lot of energy to maintain composure.

          4/10 was where movement was restricted.

          I can’t quite remember what five and six were.

          7/10 means I can’t form complete sentences uninterrupted.

          8/10 means I have mostly lost the ability to communicate and I begin to hallucinate.

          9/10 means I am unable to understand where I am or what’s happening to me. It’s around this point where I have blacked out.

          Never ask someone with a healthy imagination to work on a scale where the limit is the worst they can imagine. Besides, is the scale linear or logarithmic?

          • metaStatic@kbin.earth
            4·
            14 hours ago

            If I’m blacked out I’m not in pain any more, you just needed to just bump up your score 2 points and wouldn’t even need to explain.