connie, I bet he reacts like I do to the question "Is the pain bearable?"

He just laughs sadly. And I tell the story of the time he smashed his ankle when landing badly as a smoke jumper into a forest fire, and he simply cinched his bootlaces down tight and fought the fire for three days. Some people have hysterics at paper cuts. Some people ignore multiple fractures.

Some people have hysterics at paper cuts. Some people ignore multiple fractures.

Totally different kind of pain!

(Not that your husband isn't bad assed. of course!)

My Mom's pain tolerance is absurd. Whenever she's admitted to the hospital I take pains to point that out (in front of her) to the powers that be.

"If she asks for pain meds please bring them right away -- once she asks she's needed them for about four hours. If she asks for Tylenol suggest Demerol."

(She doesn't like to be fuzzy-headed. And I respect this. But when she's stuck in a hospital bed anway we do our best to talk her into it.)

Totally different kind of pain!

I don't envy them their pain receptors, believe me. I prefer the moderately numb receptors that let you ignore most everything.

I have been lucky in the pain department and my only ratings are "Ouch!" and "!@#!$#"

My sister, a math professor, sent me this:

I had one of my cheating calculus students -- the one who was providing the answers -- tell me that “Her boyfriend said that that wasn’t really cheating and since she did the work I should count the exam.” She then held the exam out for me. I didn’t even need to touch it.

connie, I bet he reacts like I do to the question "Is the pain bearable?"

yep. When I was in the hospital, they kept asking me if I needed pain meds, and I kept saying no. The nurse finally said "I think that we're not communicating. I'm not asking if the pain is bearable, I want to know if you're in any pain at all" I said "of course, I just had surgery. Surgery hurts" and that point, she practically forced some superadvil down my throat. I pretty much didn't take anything for pain, except when I took the vicodin so I wouldn't try to move around in my sleep.

connie, I bet he reacts like I do to the question "Is the pain bearable?"

Dude. If I'm not in hysterics, of course the pain is bearable. Bad question.

Sparky, I'm too tired. For a second I thought your sister was a meth professor.

I have never told them it's 10, and I hope never to. There's more pain out there than what I've had--I need to believe that.

I think my Mother feels the same.

As far as childbirth... she says it hurt but a) the pain came and went; b) she knew why she had it; c) she knew it would be going away -- so to her it wasn't "that bad".

Yeah, I often use childbirth as my pain meter.

When I got my tattoo, my mental mantra was "I've had 2 kids, I can do this". Well, and looking at the tattoo artist's tat over his adam's apple. That kept me thinking "no matter what pain I have, that had to be worse".

She then held the exam out for me.

so that it could be set on fire?

ION, My sister seems to feel little to no pain ... she dislocated her shoulder swimming (hitting the finish board hard, because coach told her to) and got out of the pool thinking it was strange that people were looking at her funny. She is not allowed to use the pain scale.

The reason why is related to the fact that I have her nerve endings, as well as mine own. I'm not allowed to use the pain scale either. Paper cuts, meh - but kidney stones was given as a 14.

sparky, I am looking for a good puppy pic for you...