Hi. I'm 49 and had a permanent spinal cord stimulator placed on Saturday. I had the trial done over a year ago. It did help with the trial. I went last December to have the SCS placed but the physician punctured my dura twice and I had 2 spinal cord leaks.
I have a new doctor that did this surgery. He flies around the country and trains other doctors how to put in the spinal cord stimulator. My advice is to have the trial done. See if it helps you. My was done at the doctor's office and I had it in for one week.
I know even with the permanent one that if it doesn't do what I want it to do, I can have it taken back out at anytime.
There are medicines that I have stopped taking just in the past three days. The pain medicine I have taken is more for the incision pain than anything else.
Please just ask if you have any other questions. Kim