This is only the 7 day trial. They have not implanted a permanent device, and since I did not respond well, they will not be implanting one. The temporary comes out tomorrow.

They did caution both me and my mom, who I am living with at the moment, to watch for a rise in temperature and other signs of infection. My mom happens to be an RN who specialized in pain management before she retired. All of her patients were terminal hospice patients, so she does not have any experience with CRPS or anyone with a SCS. She has had a number of patients with long term epidurals, which have similar dressings from my understanding. She has been checking my back daily for any sign of infection, and I have been taking my temperature twice a day. So far, I have not had any problems. I am keeping my fingers crossed that I continue to not have any problems while the incisions for the leads heal up.