I had lots of pain for like 72 hours. I still have 10 or so pain pills left over . I’ll put them in my first aid kit ….in case of an emergency.
I’ve had several instances of major league blunt force traumas , I shouldn’t be alive in fact …
I would put the knee replacement pain up there with any of them. I hate pain , I’m based primarily on the pleasure principal
Edit : I was the caregiver/ nephew of a 94 yr old Aunt. She fell , broke her shoulder and hip , and a few back bones…. Once in the nursing home they were putting Fentanyl patches on her , only thing that eased her pain. So one day they cut her off of them. They said they didn’t want her to become addicted

She died a month later ….in pain.