https://themighty.com/2017/08/what-pain-level-10-feels-like/

I went to the doctor today and disclosed my diagnosis. Instead of reacting as I expected, she is sending me for a test before she decides how to proceed (ie: Where to refer me next.). When I said “My baseline pain every day is about an eight.”, maybe she thought I was being melodramatic, but honestly, my eight is probably a fifteen for most people. We’re all different. I just known how bad an eight can be daily, with zero relief, and I don’t think anyone should take someone’s pain levels lightly.

For now, the only thing she felt comfortable prescribing were muscle relaxers. Since I have been on this particular medicine before, I am sadly excited to go back on them because, in the past, it meant sleeping with a lot less pain. It meant lifting things didn’t hurt the following day as much as a roll of paper towel hurts today. It gave me a tiny portion of my life back, but she completely lost me when she started talking about “spinal injections”. When doctors bring up things that others have said no to, it makes me question whether or not we should practice on them first. 😦