Originally Posted by Mims70

Gerry, Now five weeks post surgery. A bit of an ache around the pulse generator in my back; considering that months before my SCS implant I had joint The Final Exit Society due to intractable pain, the ache is fine. I still need meds for pain but I have more going on than the back. I did get a scare last week.
Last Friday I charged the pulse generator to the max. Late Saturday afternoon it quit working, the remote showing it as empty. Heart in throat. Visions of revision surgery. Panic. I again charged the generator to the max which took 2 hours because it was so dead. Today is Monday and I still have near max charge remaining. I set the old brain in motion trying to figure out what had happened.
On Saturday my son came over to do some repairs. He placed my tool box on the kitchen counter. While he worked I pulled out magnetized tray, turned it over and let it pick up all the loose screw, nuts, etc at the bottom of the tool box. I set it on the counter where I was standing, the height of the generator in my back. This tray has a mighty magnet and when placed on a metal surface it takes two hands to get it up. Duh !
At least I know I have a magnet strong enough to drain the generator should I lose the remote. I will ask someone else to place it on a shelf out of harms way. Learning.
Peace,
Mims