I forgot to add, she had Thoracotomy to remove empyema (sp) from Plural lining. She got pneumonia in Nov 2004 that got infected and fluid (pleurisy) built up and it was removed. It came right back, turned into puss, and then thoracotomy to remove it.

She has been in constant pain ever since. She has had numerous steroid nerve blocks from a Pain Management doctor that referred her to UCLA to have Rhisiotomy. She had two of those and they did not work. She just had Spinal Cord Stimulator on Monday. At first she felt it was working, but now it is not.

Her doctor that did the Rhisiotomy at UCLA recommends Brain Stimulation to block pain signal from going to brain. I can't seem to find any articles or information on that.

Does anyone know anything?

Please help.