The Challenges of Doctor-Patient Communication About Pain, and a Tool That Could Help.

I am one who hates when asked to rate your pain on a scale of 1-10 when you go to the E.R. or in a doctors office.  With chronic pain sufferers it is not that easy to do.  It’s very annoying most of the time because you feel that they just don’t get it.  For patients that are supposed to be less stressed, this is what stresses them.