|
New Member
|
|
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Northern Ireland
Posts: 5
|
|
|
New Member
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Northern Ireland
Posts: 5
|
New member needs advice re SCS
Hi everyone,
I am new here and decided to join because am in pain and really scared!!
My consultant has decided the last resort for me is a spinal cord stimulator. I have had 2 spinal fuions L5S1 and both without much success. The second was to actually correct the first because the first fusion was done so badly it could have ended up paralysing me.
I had facet joint injections done a year and a half ago which caused even more pain and I ended up in bed for 3 months.
Recently the pain has just got worse, I am terrified of it because my medication is no longer helping and because my GP thinks I am already on a hefty amount he won't change it. I spent 10 hours in A&E yesterday. I was taken in by ambulance, made to wait for 3 hours and then they gave me morphine which did nothing. I cried so much I had no tears left. 7 hours later they sent me home..no advice, no nothing!! I was in just as much pain as when I arived there.
The strange thing is when I go over to the States (S. Carolina) the heat REALLY helps and I am able to do things I wouldn't even dream of doing here! (I live in N Ireland)
The thought of having a Spial Cord Stimulator scares the hell out of me because anything they have done, has always ended up causing me even more pain. Even when I had an epi with my facet joint injections, that caused an increase in pain.
Please, is there anyone in this forum who understands where I am coming from? Who understands how scary this pain can be, or someone who can make all this less scary for me? I'm terrified!! I'm still in bed and the pain is horrendous. I'd really appreciate hearing back from someone.
Thank you.
|