No surgery! My care giver went to the hospital instead. Her health, that we thpught was on the upswing took a turn for the worse instead. I did have the option of going to a skilled rehab for 28 days,But at my age, with my health, it wasn't worth the expense to the tax payers. I'm not going to burden the kids with health problems.Am not going to explore "pain management", if aleve don't work, so be it. But thanks for the thoughts you guys.