Hi gang - It's been 19 months since my implant surgery - and I would definitely recommend a TLSO brace to folks to wear that first 3 months. I've seen 6? reps with "tweaking" my settings over time and every one said they would recommend it - if the patient asked them. How about that - they don't volunteer that information. It is up to the surgeon to mention it.

After having my SCS for 15 months I did a severe twisting motion to get out of the back of our mini-van, where I travel in the back on a mattress for the 10-12 hour drive to go see our grandchildren(!). Now I have done this motion at 5 months post-op, and a couple of times already this trip. But something changed - I thought my leads had moved. I could barely feel sensation in all 4 programs unless I turned it up REALLY high. I saw a rep, who found one of the electrodes was no longer working. He programmed around it, but over the last several months two more shut down, right next to the first. I am still getting good sensation where I need it, but the rep seemed very unsure as to what was going on. He just said we'll see how things go. Boy, that's scary. Any thoughts?