He is to keep on pain medication for another week to see if the pain subsides. If the pain remains as it is, he couldn't live with it - he could not drive a car, much less go to work. Being only 36 he is very anxious about the thought of having surgery. He has heard too many horror stories about never being the same again after surgery. At what point do we give in to the pain and opt for surgery.
Months sounds out of the question.
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