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(Message started by: ckelly181 on Sep 30^th, 2004, 8:45pm)

Title: Pain
Post by ckelly181 on Sep 30^th, 2004, 8:45pm

Interesting article about a machine being created to measure pain levels - might have an impact on ch folks!

http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/09/16/andrew.rudge/index.html

Title: Re: Pain
Post by Tom K on Sep 30^th, 2004, 8:49pm

For us CHeads, it needs to go to 11.

T

Title: Re: Pain
Post by Jeepgun on Oct 1^st, 2004, 8:30am

Yeah, I was reading about that on CNN yesterday. It would be great to have an objective measurement of our pain. That way, we wouldn't be put through the humiliation of being told that we're faking it, that our pain levels are impossible, that we are malingering, or that we are narcotics junkies.
>:(

Title: Re: Pain
Post by Jimmy_B on Oct 1^st, 2004, 11:37am

on 10/01/04 at 08:30:04, Jeepgun wrote:

, or that we are narcotics junkies.
>:(

Another great use for this device would be to weed out the addicts that are "faking" pain to get a fix. Thus making it easier for Chronic Pain Patients to get the much needed relief they deserve, without a physicians fear of prescribing to a Junkie.

Science IS wonderful!!!

Jimmy

Title: Re: Pain
Post by ExplodingEyeBall on Oct 1^st, 2004, 11:41am

on 09/30/04 at 20:49:39, Tom K wrote:

For us CHeads, it needs to go to 11.

T

Spinal Tap - Why don't you just make 10 that much louder?

But these go to 11.

Title: Re: Pain
Post by Superpain on Oct 1^st, 2004, 4:57pm

We would set a new standar for that machine!

I found it interesting in one of the articles or maybe it was a video that someone posted a while back about the machine that inflicts pain through electrodes... The docs had the cluster patient put it on and tell them when it got as bad as a cluster, and he finally said OK when the machine reached 9. Then the docs put it on and slowly turned it up to try to understand how bad the pain was... If I remember correctly they got no higher than 6, and it left them on the floor crying in agony.

Title: Re: Pain
Post by Jonny on Oct 1^st, 2004, 7:13pm

on 10/01/04 at 16:57:34, Superpain wrote:

Man, would I like to see that article or video....seems to me lots of us would have caught on to that info.

Any idea where you saw it?

...............................jonny

Title: Re: Pain
Post by Woobie on Oct 1^st, 2004, 7:47pm

I remember that too Jonny

someone posted about it.

dont remember WHO posted it .......... sorry

but I DO remember that article. It was interesting.