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by fallinghawks 767 days ago
When the doctor asks you to rate your pain and tells you a 10 is "the worst pain you've ever felt", that's effectively meaningless. An objective scale is needed. I've never broken a bone so I don't know if diverticulitis is more painful or less, but I would imagine that being doused in kerosene and set on fire would be a lot worse.