Pain Level, from 1 to 10

[Hedgehog_Mom]

I get migraines and the pain is about a 6, possibly a 7 depending on where the focus is and if I'm vomiting or not.

My broken leg was an 8. I didn't feel it until a couple of hours later. That's how you know it's going to be a really bad one. They gave me ibuprofen and a very low dose of codeine for it. That night, I woke my husband up over and over because I was beating the bedclothes trying to put out the fire (which was just my leg hurting). Once I was on strong enough meds to manage the pain, when it wore off when I was asleep, I would moan and cry. Then the ace bandage the ER put on it fell off and I went to a better ER to get a cast. They squeezed and twisted the bones into the position that was as close as it was going to get without surgery, and I thought I would black out from the pain. When I did have the surgery, it didn't hurt at all, but when the meds they had injected wore off, the pain was excruciating. I called the hospital, I begged for something stronger, they said no, and I just had to wait it out. Half my hair turned white during the months I recovering from my broken leg. I considered suicide at several points (one was when I got a UTI from the catheter during the surgery, a UTI and a broken leg are a hellish combination). You get to a point where something is painful enough that you will take any medication, regardless of side effects, if they say it will help.