Holy crap! Health providers have a pain scale where they try to determine how much pain you are experiencing. The scale goes from 0 to 10 where 0 is no pain, and 10 is the worst you ever felt. I’ve never been pregnant so I’m going to call my chest pains a 9.
Right now I have an itchy throat, making me cough every 15 seconds. However, each cough seems to be moving my sternum, causing unending pain. When I try to hold back, I either eek out a huge cough or dry heaves which is even worse. My back still hurts like crazy so it’s going to be a long, long night. Hopefully, the cough medicine they gave me will work long enough for me to sleep through some of the pain. Recovery is gonna suck.
Life with chronic diseases 
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