I have also gone the pain injection route with no luck... yesterday and today the pain in my feet and ankles has been terrible.  I have at least 10 years before I can retire... at this rate I just don't know how I am going to make it.  I pray this surgery will help... even if all the pain is not gone, if it at least becomes bearable, that would be great.  Diabetes runs in the family so if I do no****ch it I am a good candidate for it... that is something else I am trying to prevent.  I would like to lose around 150 pounds but will take what I can get.  I have some challenges such as dairy does not agree with me so the nutritionist is working with me to find alternatives for protein.  I also worry what will happen if the pain does not ease... what my choices will be for pain relief.  Sigh...
As for my little pug... the breeder's son had named him Frankie, but when he became mine, I changed his name to Ziggy (after my dad... nickname they called him at work).  I love him to pieces and would love to be able to get down on the floor and play with him.  He is 5 now.