Pain Scales can be Fun!

There’s a hilarious blog, called Hyperbole and a Half, which contains a vastly improved version of the pain scale. While it’s clear that this improved pain scale has universal applicability, it really suits fibromyalgia well, far better than the traditional one.

In addition to the usefulness of the new pain scale itself, the hilarity of the blog also has great utility for fibromyalgia and other pain sufferers. When the pain isn’t severe enough to blind one’s funny senses, humor is a fantastic way to distract yourself from fibromyalgia owies, or, fibrowies. That portmanteau formation pales in comparison to but was inspired by this other hilarious blog that is written by a brilliant and hilarious (brilarious) comedian, Myq Kaplan. I don’t think I said “hilarious” enough.

UPDATE: April 29, 2011

While fibro-googling for something (I don’t remember what), I came across this fibro-humor.  Some of it is kind of funny-ish and/or relatable.