Surgery is not always the answer have you tried physical therapy you may want to give it a try once they go in you may still have the pain you have now my pain did not start until I had surgery my leg went numb my left foot would not move so they had to operate it was a complete success but after about six months the pain started coming back it turned out that my body had scarred badly so more mri and more surgery they found that the nerves and skirts tissue could not be separated so my journey began you can find the rest of the story on This sight I am not up to telling it again take care and I do hope you find the answer you need