Joint issues suck. Mine really make it difficult a lot of the time, way too much of the time, even with pain meds.
The worst is at night, when I can't lie flat on my back, because both hips hurt, I can't roll over on my right side, because my right hip hurts, and I can't lie on my left side because my left hip and left knee hurt like fuck, and so does the nerve damage along that side of my leg.
Although interestingly, I've been, although its my first day, finding that taking methadone, it helps with the neuropathic pain, whilst morphine or oxy only do if they are taken in doses large enough to knock me out completely or else make me so sleepy most all I can do is keep falling asleep playing videogames. But methadone has some, although not strong, NMDA antagonist effects, and this type of compound (NMDA antagonists) are excellent for neuropathic pain. I can't even feel anything awful if I run my hand up and down the side of my leg, something no dose of morphine or/and oxycodone could ever manage.