Hi! I had a stim implanted last year on my birthday. My story probably isn't much different than most out there but it is my life and it is pretty bleak at the moment. I'm suffering from major depression and I can't get my pain under control. I hate going into the doc because I feel like they think I just want more meds and that's definately not the case. I want them to cut the nerves or kill them or do something. I'm miserable!
It all started with a simple surgery. I had a cyst under my right scapula. 4 weeks in a sling, 2 weeks therapy....tada...all fixed. That didn't happen. The surgeon cut 4 major nerves in my back and neck. I've had 2 cervical fusions and a scapulo/thoracic fusion...(my scapula is fused to my ribcage) which caused intercostal nerve damage and damage to my right lung because I can't deep breathe.
I'm on 15 mg of morphine 3 times a day and 350mg of soma 4 times a day and valuim in the evening. I also take trazadone, lexapro and mirapex. I'm a walking pharmacy and I hate it! I'm a zombie but I can't function without the drugs.
My stim is implanted under my right arm and the leads go across my back to my neck on the right. The coverage is supposed to be my scapula, down my right arm, my neck and my shoulder. It helps but I'm miserable.
My children say I'm negative all the time but they don't understand the pain I'm in constantly. I have to fight it day and night and it wears me out. I have few friends left because I don't like going out and I'm tired all the time. They got tired of hearing about my pain long ago and I got tired of explaining.
So.........there you have it....desperate in WY.