I always thought the pain scale a total waste of time. What is a 6 for one person could be a 4 for another. It all depends on what you are personally referencing it to. I compared a 10 to childbirth, but someone who hasn't had a child could consider some other painful event in their life as a 10 that could be more/less painful than my experience. It think the idea of an event diary more helpful--what you could accomplish or couldn't on a particular day.
