Pain

Nurse: “On a scale of one to ten, with 10 being the worst, what’s your current pain level?”

Me: Silence. If I speak it won’t be very nice.

This didn’t happen. But it’s how it will go.

I’d say, minus the cussing and acid, “10+.”

I hurt so badly that every day is agony. The pain keeps me awake until I’m exhausted. It wakes me up an hour or less later. Then I get up, take aspirin and Tylenol, wait for them to kick in, then try again.

I really don’t want to live like this. It’s not just the pain, it’s the humiliation. It shames me to be reduced to nothing but pain. I was prescribed Celebrex but the copay is almost $150.00 USD.

I need help and I’m not getting it. I don’t know what I might do.