1)Too many Medical Professionals mistakenly assume that when patients use graphic or colorful descriptors to describe what our pain feels like that we are catastrophizing.
When in fact, we are attempting to help them understand what we are experiencing.
I have CRPS.
When in fact, we are attempting to help them understand what we are experiencing.
I have CRPS.
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2)Prior to surgery a nurse asked me if I could describe my pain.
I told her my arm felt as though it was soaking in a glacier fed river, while being set on fire & simultaneously being hit with electric shocks.
After swallowing hard, she say "I guess you can".
I told her my arm felt as though it was soaking in a glacier fed river, while being set on fire & simultaneously being hit with electric shocks.
After swallowing hard, she say "I guess you can".
3)Unfortunately, it wasn't an exaggeration.
I'm well aware of what a glacier fed river feels like. I have experience with being burned. I have also been electrocuted.
To say that the experiences are unpleasant is a understatement.
I'm well aware of what a glacier fed river feels like. I have experience with being burned. I have also been electrocuted.
To say that the experiences are unpleasant is a understatement.
4)To have medical professionals attempt to attribute my pain descriptions to Catastrophizing is insulting. We are the experts of our own bodies.
Medical professionals should always ask, and never assume. They just might learn something. No one has all of the answers.
Medical professionals should always ask, and never assume. They just might learn something. No one has all of the answers.
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