Jane, you will be happy to hear that I went back to my physical therapist today, and he was royally pissed. He said there is no way that the surgeon looked at my MRI films or the radiologist's report, and came away believing all I needed was a cortisone shot. He said, "I believe the surgeon was just too busy, he based his diagnosis on the x-rays that he took that day, and he basically blew you off."
He will be calling the surgeon tomorrow.