One of the times i called Mark whitefords office of Oregon clinic, the advise nurse named Trisha answered which i have talked to before. She ended up telling me they cant seem to figure out why I'm having the post op. pains and that "i have a low pain tolerance" i was pretty much in shock that a nurse could tell a patient in pain that they have a “low pain tolerance”. Thats just calling me a wuss in a nicer way, from a nurse! Pain is subjective and something most nurses know. I was pretty hurt and angry by the whole thing so i call them back to speak to a charge nurse, which they don't have so i spoke to the "supervisor". She understood that she should not have said it but then comes to tell me its a term they use sometimes, at this point i was in a awe. My brother is a MD and my mom is a nurse at legacy and both said it is totally unacceptable and if it happened at Legacy or OHSU Trisha would be fired no questions asked. I almost went to the board of nursing because i was hurt still but trying to just put it behind me and at least get the word out there that there is bad and hurtful nurses still! What worries me is if she said this to me, what has she said to other innocent patients in pain? You don't tell someone that goes through the hell of severe UC and 4 surgeries that that they have a low pain tolerance no matter who you are, And frankly anyone that knows the hell i have been through the past years would never even think of such a thing. On a positive note, Thanks to Dr. Chang for getting me in to see Whiteford so quick.