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How Do You Describe Your Pain To A Dr??
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I hate the question "is your pain achey, throbbing, stabbing, etc?" I never know how to answer

posted November 14, 2023
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I would suggest keeping a detailed journal and staying conscious of the pain you are feeling long enough to describe it. When we feel pain, our minds immediately try to distract us from it, in order to remember the sensation, you need to stay aware of it long enough to write it in your journal. Compare your pain to something you have felt elsewhere at another time. Smashing your thumb, stubbing your toe, scraping your knee. Things like that. Just a thought.

posted December 15, 2023
A MyChronicPainTeam Member

I describe my Fibromyalgia pain as one big bruise all over and someone keeps poking/hitting me.

posted November 17, 2023
A MyChronicPainTeam Member

Like you have been hit by a car

posted November 15, 2023
A MyChronicPainTeam Member
posted November 15, 2023
A MyChronicPainTeam Member

I’ll say my pains feel like fire stabbing and painful

posted December 13, 2023

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