Bob’s Neuropathic Pain Scale

 10. I will most likely kill myself within the hour because the pain is more intense than I can bare and I have no means of dropping it to a livable level.

 9. I will go out and seek heroin and shoot it into my veins if the damned doctors won’t give me some meaningful pain relief.

 8. I won’t actually seek heroin but if someone were to offer it I would most likely accept it and use it though I’d probably snort rather than inject it.

 7. I would not go with hard street drugs but would gladly take doctor prescribed opiates.  In terms of street drugs kratom would be most likely consumed in mass quantities.

 6. I am very uncomfortable to the point of being marginally functional.  Since I am already non-functional, large quantities of marijuana seem entirely reasonable, lesser quantities of kratom.

 5. I am uncomfortable but can manage to get by with the crappy do nothing drugs that the doctors give me but may resort to street drugs anyway.  My functionality and sleep are still impinged upon by my pain.

 4. I am uncomfortable but not to the point where it seriously interferes with my sleep or functionality.

 3. I am somewhat uncomfortable though I can get buy and get my work done and don’t really think about the pain if I keep busy.

 2. I am reasonably comfortable with only minor pain and it doesn’t really bother me and largely goes unnoticed unless I think about it.

 1. I am completely comfortable, slept blissfully, and really don’t notice any significant pain.