Sue,

Thanks for your post. I am considering getting my SCS removed as well. Not only has it lost effectiveness over time, but now it is really pushing against my skin. I lost over 45 lb since the generator was installed, and no longer have "all that padding" in the hip area. I wear a lidocaine patch over the SCS daily. It feels like I am sitting on a rock. The lump is now quite noticible and when I fly the TSA screeners are sometimes very suspicious of the hard object. (I am not complaining about that - I am glad they are cautious.)

I hope you will be glad you decided to get it removed. No sense continuing with something that is causing more pain or even discomfort. We all get enough of that as it is.

Mike