Bad Days and Good Days

When I started having pain the doctors and nurses always ask me rate your pain on a scale of one to ten. I think that brain washed me. I rate my pain a lot, usually not aloud, just in my head. I guess maybe now on my blog. I was taught at the Mayo Clinic not to talk about my pain. They call it a pain behavior. I don't completely agree. I think there are healthy and unhealthy ways to talk about your pain. Complaining excessively is unhealthy. Talking about it in a matter of fact for, trying to be positive can be healthy. It's impossible to deny that it's there. I try to face that fact deal with it. Do the best I can. The hardest lesson is forgiving myself when I can't do the things I used to do.