Friday, October 7, 2016

Pain scale and eewww!

I saw a pic of the pain scale in a brochure  today. Those things crack me up! I should make a collage of all the different Faces of Pain. Ha ha!
Anyway, here it is...

Sitting here typing this I have 0 pain. But if I move from my pillows it will be 4 and when the norco kicks in I'll be feeling a 3-4. I must say I have had moments of frowny-almost-tear-inducing pain. The meds do help now that I know to be proactive in taking them. 

Ok, now for the eeeeww! I'm a science geek so I find gross things super interesting. This bit of yuck has been hanging out in my drain bulb all day. I have my post-op appt tomorrow so I'm not supposed to empty the drains before I go...

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