Pain is an expression of the problem. A symptom. Sometimes there is little you can do to stop it, but often there are treatments to alleviate the condition causing the pain.
And with Opiods, coming off the dose will make everything feel worse than it did before. They are NOT a good method for pain control in the vast majority of cases.
Bull$h!t.
I've been there, and done that, and I can tell you from first hand experience you don't know what you're talking about.
What an asinine statement. Take my case for example, would my legs still carry me without any cartilage in the acetabular joint: sure, but the PAIN is what prevented me from being able to do so.
And I don't know how familiar you are with hip replacements, but they don't schedule those things for your day off, or do them in a urgent care clinic.
The bottom line is you're pontificating on what others can do about debilitating pain with only the barest inkling about the efficacy or implications of doing them.