Gary,
When I had surgery on my foot, they also wanted to amputate my foot.

the day before the surgery, I told the doctor to do the 'best he could', he did save my foot. I also underwent a 6 week session of having medicine/antibiotics IVs - that was the easy part.

YOU are half of the 'medical' team and what ever you bring to your treatment is part of getting better.

Best wishes to you and all your household.