The Geek is Strong in This One

I was just browsing the recent posts over at Chronic Pain Lifestyle and while reading "The Pain Scale...Before and After Science" I was struck with a brilliant epiphany.   
If we could break down our descriptions of pain into D&D style dice rolls wouldn't this be more accurate than the standard, highly lacking '1-10' style pain scale?  I mean with chronic pain especially there are so many fluxuations in pain.  For example if I could say to my doc, "my back pain is 2 die-20 (a roll of two twenty-sided dice added together)" this is much more like my real life pain experience than selecting one number on a 1-10 scale.  O.k, O.k, call out the Geek Police but just think about it.
Wouldn't it be great if pain medications came with their own THACO?
I mean come on, we all know that taking a pill is like rolling the dice.  Will my pain decrease?  How much?  Will it make me nauseas, dizzy, fall over? 
Wow, I think I need to lay off the caffeine.  My brain is is overdrive today, but does this make sense to others?  Or is it just me?

Comments

[sherrecarter]

you hit the nail on the head my pain level is a twenty most days i am a twolevel cevical survivor

[rainypete]

Given the accuracy of most physicians these days I'd take my chances with the roll of a die.

[The Goldfish]

This makes perfect sense to me. I look forward to full development. ;-)