Thanks for being so upfront about all that you have been thru.

I had a Failed Trial; but only went thru with the trial because my PM doctor kept after me to do it. He wanted to have another trial done. I repeatedly gave reason why I was not up to doing the permanent so it was not worth doing another trial.

It seems so often we hear the trial hits the right spot; but trial is only for a very short time (usually 4 days or so) which appears often to give relief. When permanent is put in there is the chance of leads moving. You have to be so careful not to do any kind of movement that might cause implant to move before being scared in the right place. If it moves and gets scared in the wrong area; not nice. I was not about to risk it myself.

I know there are some on here that are happy with their scs. I often read some saying that the ones that are unhappy are more often on NT; but so many have been on NT prior to their SCS implant and are not doing well. They were here before implant was done so this does not hold true for them only in the posting failures category.

Pam had a regular lead which was recently removed and replaced with a paddle. If I understand correctly, her battery remained in the same place. She said the second surgery was more painful than the first. Most likely because of the scare tissue.

Again, thanks for the explanation of your experience.


Gerry