Pain is something I have some acquaintance with. Vertebral compression fractures from multiple myeloma. Never asked for anything more than a tylenol.

Kidney stones, gout, and a grade 3 sprain reset my scale for "severe pain" in recent decades.

I made the mistake of getting a pain killer prescription filled after a gall bladder operation. I say mistake because I ended up returning the entire prescription bottle for disposal, unused.