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I've gone through the trial and it totally made my brain think the pain was

not there when I put the device on high. I also got a residual effect for

2-3 hours after turning the device off and experiencing no pain. But my

doctor says this " residual effect " may go away and I will only experience

pain relief when I have the device on. My concern is when it's on high,

it's a huge distraction. But people say I will get use to it and ignore the

vibration up and down both my legs. My doctor is not sure I'm the best

candidate because of these issues. But anything that has a chance of

ridding my body of opiates and experiencing no pain is worth the gamble.

Anyone else have this device for the feet? It's actually the bottoms of my

feet that are in great pain. Four years now I've had this issue. No one

knows why. I have a theory that it was caused by some medication they used

when giving me a spinal block and sacroiliac injections. Pain went from my

back down my legs and eventually to my feet. For years they said I had

plantar faciitus, but this is either a wrong diagnosis or an incomplete one.

The nerve conduction test showed I had Neuropathy in both my feet. It's

been an interesting medical background

1992 ­ Lyme disease and depression and anxiety, never had depression before.

This was an experience because I was in the hospital for depression when

they ran a Western Blot Test and found I had Lyme disease. I was so bad

that I literally could not sleep or even sit down I was so anxious.

1994 ­ IGA Nephropathy ­ A kidney biopsy confirmed the diagnosis. Was this

tied to the Lyme disease, many different opinions on that question? Doctor

at Washington Hospital Center prescribes 2x6grams of fish oil a day because

of an early study that showed this might help. It was later refuted however

my doctor kept me on it for my whole life because he felt it might help some

IGA Nephropathy patients. God Bless himŠ

2006 ­ Back problems leading to joint injections leading to my foot pain.

Joint injections were necessary because a kidney patient is not allowed

anything but Tylenol OTC.

2006 ­ Foot pain, plantar fasciitis diagnosis

2010 ­ Neuropathy diagnosis at s Hopkins. Doctor says I'm the only

patient he has ever seen with IGA Nephropathy for 16 years and not losing a

kidney. What a blessing.

2010 ­ Trial with Spinal Cord Stimulator

That's my story. I am on Lyrica, Ultram, Oxycodone for pain. It is no

longer working for me. I appreciated the comment about Oxycodone in an

earlier post. If I don't get the stimulator I will definitely change my

meds. I have used up all 1100 hours of leave in 2009 and 2010. I no longer

have any leave, But my work has been so supportive, I probably should have

asked to change my meeds when the pain was too much for me to work. But I

think depression and not thinking clearly caused me to think there was

nothing better that could be done.

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