Hi there,
Sorry that you are having a rough time with your WC treatment.
I am also WC and here in Australia we do have a right to seek another opinion and treatment if we do not believe we are being helped by the team we have.
I think that seeing a new doctor may in fact be a good thing as the one you have seems just a little quick to give up on you. It is so very wrong to just withdraw treatment from you just because they have reached a stumbling block.
Have you ever had a brachial plexus block? There are several blocks to the area you are to have surgery in that would make it as comfortable as possible for you so I would make some enquiries from the anaesthetic department before undergoing any type of surgery.
Wishing you heaps of luck
Tayla