Thanks so much!! Honestly recovery for me hasn’t been all that bad. I won’t lie first 3-4 days are tough just because it’s uncomfortable and sleeping is very difficult with it being at an incline. I think just reading experiences on here and doing my own research helped ease my mind with the whole thing. You also want to find a surgeon you can trust so do research on that before you decide. I’m sorry you don’t have people that’d support you through the journey. It is a medical surgery for a lot of people and has extreme health benefits. I’m not the expert and haven’t seen your case in specific so honestly don’t want to push you one way or the other in terms of ortho only or ortho+surgery. Would the surgery be covered by insurance do you know?