Now they understand what I mean when I say my pain is an 8 or whatever. I'll be making some additions and adjustments to it, and am working on a template of sorts where you can make your own personal scale, choosing your own descriptive words and examples. This helps doctors tremendously, believe me. Back up to top of page. Katherine Carrington , California, USA, February 18, 1997.
Some days are better than others.
That was the first line of a book that I had intended on writing one day. That day was about 15 years ago and before I became ill with something that no one yet has been able to define or to cure. Today I am using that line for another purpose entirely. The beginning of a small and probably little read article on a website that is attempting to put patients and doctors together. Together, in the hopes that one day there will be a cure.