I call BS
My only lifetime experience with significant pain (other than my first two marriages - could I have a rim shot?) was about 4 months of severe back pain from a poor decision to lift some paving stones in a bad position. I burst a disc at L4/5 and the pain was beyond imagination. I wanted to avoid surgery - so I spent several months hoping it would go away on its own. Then I scheduled the surgery, but it was about 45 days out and the pain was a major problem that obstructed my entire life. The Neurological surgeon prescribed Gabapentin, and that was remarkably effective. I had the surgery just before COVID obstructed all elective surgeries for a while. Solved the problem perfectly. But for the time I was waiting for it - the pain was unreal. Ask your MD about Gabapentin, it seems to have broad application, worked for me. Probably a 98% reduction in pain.