Oh my, well I still say, do as little as possible. So much comes with this fairly new world of tech.and we are the ones that suffer and the ones that will prevail.Ī Percocet or few, stimulator, brilliant neurosurgeon still doesn’t touch the support and understanding found in this group.? I would have started then battling for wellness instead of management. I would have let go of so much judgement and made more sound decisions. If I could go back to last summer, I would take with me the frustration, pain, perseverance, persistence, advice and reinforcement of confidence VS defeat, desperation, depression and urgency. I will prob have the battery changed earlier due to the mode/program on which it stays. I keep mine on continuous mode so that my low back and both legs constantly feel a vibration/pulse similar to a vibrating chair. I have the St Jude DR Burst that has both a “continuous mode” and a mode/program in which I do not feel it working. I thought that my medicine regimen would decrease after the implant, and that is absolutely false. I often ask myself and others, “Was I in equal or less pain before the Stim?” I wish I could confidently answer that although I probably wouldn’t remove it now simply in fear of additional damage! (As I gotta day everyone is different) but with my experiences, I now live with the pain we meant to help, new pain from another surgery (scar tissue, laminectomy) and new pain from my L5&S1 ready to pop (nerve damage). The buzzing is turned on just so you can tell them about where the coverage is then its turned off when the therapy is switched on which you don't feel you should just feel much less pain. Did they keep you awake for a while during surgery so you could tell them where you were feeling the buzzing affect while they mapped your body out. They can see if the leads have moved on an x-ray. If it doesn't work for you, they can go back in and adjust the positioning of the leads, so you might aske about that. That's why they won't even turn mine on for at least 2 weeks. Also, the thing isn't switched on for a couple of weeks till the swelling from the surgery goes away. I'm being very careful not to move too much so the leads don't fall out of position till scar tissue grows over it. Did the trial work for you? I chose the implant because the trial worked so well. Jude where you feel no tingling or buzzing effect. Oh man, sorry to hear about it not working for you.
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