Hi,

Roz, I posted one of these polls (the dystonia one, remember?) and got into a real old muddle over it, LOL!

I haven't had an SCS, so can't tick anything, but I noticed a little difficulty, because these poll thingies are designed to have a *yes-only* answer - (just looking to discuss it really, though):

(If I had had an SCS implant) -

Did you have a SCS put in?
OK, I can tick Yes.

If you were given relief from the SCS how long?
I can tick for "relief" but not say "how long for".

Did you still have to take pain meds?
OK I can tick Yes.

Any complications after having one put in?
I can tick yes.

Did the trial work better after the implant?
Should this be "before the implant" or "than the implant?"
[added later...] *sorry, just noticed you've already changed this in your post...

Has it affected your mobility in anyway?
OK I can tick Yes.

If you were oftered one, why didn't you have one put in?
Cannot answer this at all with a Yes tick.

But...what if I had an SCS but I had no relief, didn't take pain meds, had no complications and could get around OK? I could tick the first question only.

It's very tricky, this poll format, but it does make for great discussions. I think maybe for "informal surveys" rather than straightforward voting, you have to ask the question both ways to get a result, and ask lots of questions (remembering you can only answer "Yes") - and I think in future I'll start off with a Did you: kind of question format -
For example:
Did you:
need pain meds?
need no pain meds?

And split the ones where I want a description into sections, like:

Did you:
Get pain relief
Get no pain relief

If you got pain relief, did it last:
less than one year?
1 - 3 years?
Longer than 3 years?

That kind of thing. What a headache they are, I hope you aren't offended by my comments - I had a lot of trouble writing the poll survey I did, and still didn't get it right - these kind of things were only clear to me *after* I'd posted it, lol!

But actually, a combination of Poll and post comments are incredibly useful and interesting,

all the best