On a scale from 1-10, how's your pain?

[captain queeg]

12. I hate those charts or being asked that question

If I’m asking for pain medication it’s because I am in pain, I am not a weenie. A couple years ago I got into oa car wreck. Besides breaking my back I guess the air bag smashed my face. They pulled me out of the car on a board and took me to the ER first priority was getting the bleeding stopped because it had split everything open from the scalp to my nose. He stated stitching it up and got frustrated because I was bleeding so much and the stitches weren’t helping. He left and came back with a staple gun and got 15-20 staples into my face. Finally got the blood to stop. I asked him if I could have some pain medicine and his jaw just dropped and he gave me a look like WTF no one asked you about that?

But I’ve had 3 back surgeries and I did get hooked on pain pills back then, so it’s i my charts and they don’t want to give me anything when I am in real pain. Haven’t had that for a little while but at least the surgeon has given me a small script couple times 30-40 5 mg oxycodone. I know that not a very heavy dose at least for me. But I foresee it getting harder and harder to get pain meds when you really need them.