Hi Clair
There are lots of others who have become pain free and med free from different surgeries.
Has your Doctor mentioned any surgeries that may help you like balloon or gamma or m.v.d. ? Any of those may be the answer for you as those have helped others.
Everyone is different and what helps one may not help the next one. Most time a doctor will try a different combo of meds and another and if nothing works they stat looking into surgeries that may help.
there is a few good stories with happy ending here like Nanacats and others if you scroll down the page and read some other threads here.
Keep us posted and know we are all here if you need us and we are wishing the best for you .
PEACE
BMW