Be strong and really and truly follow all the suggestions made in this site post implant and you will be well placed for a successful outcome. You are having the Nevro implant so it is percutaneous leads and no paddle implant. That in itself means you will have far less pain than some of the others with other brands. The paddle means you have a laminotomy where they scrape out bone to implant it and it, like a laminectomy hurts like hell. The leads slide up the spinal canal in the same place you had the trial ones so it should go ok. Are you under a PM specialist or a neuro?
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Originally Posted by Rimbanda
Wires came out yesterday and I reckon within 6 to 8 hours things started to head back to normal. Which I guess proves how well it was working, but I was hoping for some sort of overflow effect for a day or two. Oh well, that's life. 
Initially I was pencilled in for the permanent unit in a few weeks but decided to fob them off a bit. I'm half way through training a driver at our depot and used that as the excuse so I could complete his training. I mean after all this time, what's a few more months.  After a long talk with my Ever-Loving last night, it was decided to see if the slot was still available.
So the upshot is, I'm booked in for the 23rd. No turning back now.  Did I mention the fact that I am allergic to pain?  That was part of the reason for putting it off I suppose. Afterall, what I have now is a "known" whereas having an implant installed is very much an unknown. If I have learned nothing else from the forum, no two implants seem to go the same, or work the same. Anyway that's my gripes for the day, hope everyone is feeling as best as they can be.
Phil |