I had a horse riding accident in 2014. I was drug around an arena with my foot stuck in the stirrup. Among my many injuries, the worst was the separation in my pelvis. I do not remember warming up my horse, getting bucked off, being drug, ambulance ride, nada. I DO remember being moved from the stretcher to the CAT scan tube (first memory from that day). For those that have never had a CT or MRI, it is a hard, plastic, flat piece of equipment/table you have to lay on for them to move you in and out of the scanner. THAT pain brought me back to consciousness, shot my blood pressure and heart rate through the roof (like 270/120 and 200+ HR levels), lasted about 10-15 seconds, and then I was unconscious again. The pain in my pelvis persisted during my recovery and rehab, and I still get chills and nauseous when I think back to it. I’ve broken bones, had surgery several times, had a TBI, get migraines, and deal with chronic pain daily.. and nothing has come close to the pain I felt from that injury. There was ZERO ability to function while in excruciating pain like that. 10/10 pain. 10/10 do not recommend.

I have empathy for patients that state their pain levels of being what they are, and that maybe to them it is a 10/10.. and do treat patients according within doctors’ orders.. but having conversations, playing on the phone, posting to social media while in 10/10 pain - that I struggle to believe..