Hi all, thanks for the responses. So, the doctor threw me for a bit of a loop today. He was not totally satisfied with my description of how well the stimulator controlled my pain. I told him that I could still feel the pain through the tingling, especially in the backside of my legs but that it still seemed better than without it. I also said it helped my feet considerably, but at the end of the day I have a few nights where I went to an 8 or so on pain scale, and then the stimulator couldn't compete.

So he said now he wants to consider a pain pump. He wants to do a series of spinal injections over the next several days to see how I feel with opiates delivered directly to my spine. If we find a dose that works, then he'd go the pain pump route. I guess we will see and then decide between a neurostimulator and a pain pump.

Did any of you consider a pain pump when deciding on a stimulator? Does anyone on here have a pain pump? Now I'm really confused, didn't anticipate this today. And I'm bummed, because he said he thinks my sensory nerves are too damaged to feel the stimulation the way they should, I guess was hoping my nerves were not so damaged and maybe still hoped it would be temporary. He also suggested this condition could progress. And the pain pump has the benefit of addressing both lower and upper body should I need it. I've had some hand pain and some face pain, but much less frequently or consistently.

That's today's update, I'll be doing injections the rest of the week. Thanks again for your thoughts.