Guest guest Posted November 2, 2010 Report Share Posted November 2, 2010 Kathy, your symptoms sound a lot like mine. I was scheduled for a spinal cord stimulator last month. Thank goodness they do a trial before it is permanently inserted. The trial lasts a week and all the wires and whatever are taped to your back. Not allowed to get it wet and have to sponge bath for a week. Anyway, I was all prepped, talked to the Medtronic tech as he is there when it is inserted and programs the device and will teach you how to use it. My doc, who is a pain doc and also anestheologist, could not find a space in my spine to insert the needle. Evidently my spine is so tightly fused with boney growth and scar tissue that there was no way he could insert the SCS. He said I was the only patient he ever had where this happened, and that he was going to present my case at a pain conference this fall. So I went home and my back was pretty sore from all that poking around. My pain relief options are pretty limited and am just on medication for now. Hope it works out for you. Barb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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