Not chronic pain like the author but I had many blood clots stuck in my lungs a few months ago. This lead to severe pleuritic chest pain, the worst pain I ever

Not chronic pain like the author but I had many blood clots stuck in my lungs a few months ago. This lead to severe pleuritic chest pain, the worst pain I ever felt in my life. In the A&E, I usually have a high tolerance to pain, so I was up and talking to doctors and nurses fine and calmly about the ache, but once the pain ramped up to a high point with involuntary spasms that just made it worse, I just immediately turned from calm but uncomfortable to loud, screaming while rocking back and forth and pleading with my body to stop hurting me. Really, only an injection of tramadol did the trick. After I was admitted, they lowered the dose, so the pain came back but I guess the drug just changed my reaction to it, like it hurt the same but i was too stoned to care I guess. Really only treatment made the difference permanently. Pain killers (paracetamol that is tylenol) after being discharged reduced the pain that would come back from time to time at least to the point I could bear it while my body healed.