I understand where you are coming from & I understand your decisions NOT to have surgery. I think the basic idea is that some of us make different decisions on what to do based on our life styles & what WE feel is best for us. Each of us is differnt.
Even though I understand you & support your right not to have surgery, that doesnt make me, or anyone else, wrong for chosing to have surgery. It is all about choice. As long as we know what to expect, I think everyone should have the right to make their own choices without being told they are wrong for it.
I really hope you get some relief from your pain.
-- Rach