Rachel (bless her heart) reminded me this morning that you had this procedure. I had completely forgotten.
Are you still happy and comfortable? Anything about it that you wish were different?
Is the stimulator implanted in your hip with the leads elsewhere?
How long did they make you be inactive after the actual surgery? Do you remember? Seems like I read 2 weeks for the permanent surgery and my doctor's office told me 2 days with the trial. That is a lot of time off of work, but so worth it. I've had every kind of injection (epidurals and facet) and none gave me even a minute's relief.
I am going through the trial for the SCS for 4 days beginning August 4. Mine will be directed at my upper back/neck, where I have so much pain, even after having disk replacement surgery on two disks last year. I am excited, but don't want to get too excited until we see if it works. If it does, then I will go through with the surgery as soon as it can be scheduled with my neurosurgeon. My pain management doctor is doing the trial run and will perform the procedure in his office. My doctors do not believe in treating my pain with heavy narcotics because I have arthritis and it will only get worse over the years and the pain meds will lose their effectiveness.
I would love to hear your thoughts about this since I am facing it in a little over a week. You can read about mine at www.controlyourpain.com .
Logan
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