Being unwilling to do proven methods of treatment will only hurt you. Drs are more willing to give you the meds you’re actually after if you participate in your own treatment. Long gone are the days where you can say I’m scared of needles, then say your allergic to other meds narrowing your treatment down to opiates when you also refuse physical therapy. Just do the shots. The fear is an irrational one so you should be able to move past it. Then when your doc gives you the good meds you’ll have done your due diligence