yea the sepsis amost killed me they only reason i lived they said is because i was pregnant with my oldest they said the hormons of the pregnancy is what saved my life. i had the pump put in 04 it was at least 6yrs into having rsd .i had put in after youngest was born. i do like the pump they only thing i dont like is that it sticks out. the reason why is a very little person 4'10 and weight 98-100 lbs so it sticks out and i wont wear alot of bathing souts unless it hides it im kinda **** about it . yes i have had constant relife with i stay at ablut 7-8 when im not haivng flares or other problems with my rsd. the only differnt is the fentnyl in it. the intial surgery to put it was a hard surgery but i had to have it changed in march 08 and it wasnt that bad they dont replace the cath line unless there is a problem but my neuro surgeron told me that its harder the second time they changes it i had alot of sweeling
im not a fan of scs its either gona work or not and there so much risk of infection and it took me 3 yrs for them to convince to get it. after having sepsis im scared about surgeries like that that have a higher risk . i know ppl have had good results with and some that havent