So sorry, brother...
I for one, am going through a LOT of changes after my back surgery (did you say a LOT of PRESCRIPTION drugs????, hell , I am taking about 7 of them on a daily basis!), and my loved ones telling me I am being lazy because I blame it all on my pain; THAT is worse than ANY physical pain cause I have worked my ass off in this life and just cause I can't find a job in NOLA does not mean I do not want to work! And , yes, PAIN is a "silent" enemy cause my issue is that I am VERY good at "abstracting" my pain but after many hours it POUNCES on you ALL AT ONCE so I have to "scale down my abstracting" so I know where I am pain wise, which is not gonna be easy...
At least from MY point of view, I am an old dog and unless I get attacked PERSONALLY, which has not happened here, I do not get vicious and my skin is quite thick from living with Spaniards for 26 years (spanish members here can attest to that! Some spaniards can bepretty rough.. but they don't mean it...mostly... that's how they are...)
¡Un abrazo!