I suspect carrying the pain would be less traumatic than taking that huge addictive cocktail of drugs. In time, painkilling drugs actually CAUSE pain. Choose your Doctor with care. These days, too many doctors are giving anticonvulsant drugs as painkillers. Antiepileptic drugs are cerebellar toxic, and as in my case they cause paralysis. They can also CAUSE convulsions. Beware of incompetent doctors.