Sunflower said it, PAIN MANAGEMENT. Pain meds do NOT take the pain totally away. They put enough of a blanket on the pain to make the pain tolerable.
A person can learn to live with some physical pain. On a pain grid of 1 to 10 I function daily at 4 or 5, that is tolerable, that is where my meds keep me at, but let me tell you when that pain starts to rise toward a 6 or 7 then I start to lose it.
After Mr Moose's surgeries are all done, he really needs to be evaluated, by pain clinic and work with them to figure out a treatment that he can live with.
J M H O
Love and hugs,