Well..My Pain Managment Doctor had me try the trial period of a scs after he was unsuccessful with doing 1 symphatic nerve block and several tunneled cathreter injections.My pain level has been at a 10 since I was diagnosed 7months ago so I thought why not give the scs a try. The scs didn't change my pain level much at all at most 20% so I wasen't sold on getting a permanent implant. He mentioned that it could help with the swelling I had, but didn't mention that it couldn't prevent it from spreading. Now that the scs trial was unsuccessful for me, my PM says that he has done all he can do to treat me that he knows of, so i'm not sure why that is. I always wonder if the doctors get commission for people choosing to have the permanent implant,because he was mentioning the scs to me since our first office visit. i'm still looking for a dr in the WNY (BUffalo) area if anyone knows of one.Good Luck all