@sndi, I greatly sympathize with you -- first, for bearing the pain; second, for unrewarding physical therapy; and also for your doubts about how to fix things. Resolving your doubts is paramount -- get a second opinion from a good doctor and a lot of input from as many friends and associates (who understand your problem) as you can. My advice is to resist surgery until you develop a high level of confidence that the surgeon is right and profoundly committed to meeting your needs with the least radical treatments. Same for the injections, although you may come to see them as a short-term interim treatment on the way to a cure.

If we knew more about your condition and treatment, we might be more helpful. For example, how many physical therapy sessions have you had and over what time period? But sharing those personal details understandably is difficult and possibly risky. It's more important for you to be skeptical about surgery, medications, and PT -- make them convince you of the best course, then check their recommendations out -- before undergoing treatment -- with others who are trusted and expert.

The injections were painful - yes. But if they work, as one of mine did, it was worth it, Pain doesn't last but a few seconds.
Find out how often the Doc does this type of work, so you know who is working on you. There are different types of
injections. I thought the single one was worse the the 4 or 6 they did in succession at one time. Dorothy

Thank you for the response, my therapy was 6 weeks 2 times a week. I think I will have to be in much more pain before surgery or if. I have had people say avoid it at all cost.<br><br><br><br><br>