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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Your MIL is still pretty young and has seen what your FIL has gone through first hand.  Back pain is awful, maybe she has been trying other things and feels like surgery is her best hope for relieving her discomfort.  Unless you've actually lived with chronic pain, you have no clue.

People don't opt to get their hips, knees replaced and their backs operated on for the fun of it.

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Many people do opt for surgery thinking it is the quick fix compared to an extended period of PT and exercise. For the same reason, many opt for medications for cholesterol, high blood pressure, etc., over diet modification and exercise.

And these people are particularly susceptible to advice from a surgeon, who is highly likely to recommend surgery as the answer.[/quote]

And some people have a genetic predisposition to get high blood pressure.  Exercise and eating right will only do so much for them and they have no choice but to go on HBP meds.  It is not a failure to go on those meds any more than it is a failure to have to get chemo to treat cancer.

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