on a scale of one to ten

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Kidney stones……I couldn’t even begin to tell you!

Yup me too!!!😱

They never found the stone because I was laid up at at least a 20 despite strong painkillers for a week as a tiny one made its own way out.

I would give sciatica a high score.
Those thigh cramps, research magnesium supplements, but check out any contra-indications, if you are on other meds, and also check with your surgery.

I m not sure how useful it really is as everyones pain tolerance is so different, so what if I say 3 because my pain tolerance is high, but really to most people it would be a 7, could something be missed
As well as that I have different pain tolerance, for different things, if it’s something inside of me that I can’t see or understand, my pain tolerance would be lower, than say a badly cut hand that I can see and know what it was. Fear of the unknown could make a big difference
I think this is quite a simplistic way of judging however I m not sure what would be better

It's comforting to meet a fellow sufferer, Ex-dancer. Someone who understands.
If I could spend my whole life lying down (on a mattress that is not too hard) it would simply be a 2 or a 3. The more effort I make, like gardening or housework, it shoots up to an 8/9/10.
I've given up asking for more investigations or x-rays, and even for better painkillers. I've simply learned to live with it.
But I hate this level of pain which spoils my everyday life, don't you. Every sympathy to you....