The salisilates send me into anaphylactic shock....so NSAIDs are kind of a big no no
And if that is all you can take then yeah pain sucks real hard
My docs (such as they are) are surprised when I flat turn down opiates and say I'll take aspirin.
Yeah, it hurts, you cope, and don't take it out on the ones around you, and if you do... you go away for a while and do the mountain man thing or whatever.
/johnny