It's great to have you on board!! You'll find so many wonderful people here.
We're a fun bunch, who in spite of our pain issues, just try to get thru the days the best we know how.......so.... if you have a silly sense of humor, that will certainly work in your favor........also it helps to keep the jitters at bay, as we are all well aware of the gammet of emotions it is to go thru this procedure. We just choose to stay on the 'happy' side the best we know how.
But even when we have a 'bad' day, this is a great place to vent. We all know the realities involved, so we embrace every emotion and build off one another's strengths.

When i read where you describe your pain, i immediately felt a sigh of relief!
The SCS seems to work Wonders for the lower limbs!! Mine has been a God-send for my peripheral neuropathy in both legs.....PLUS it even covers my lower back, which i was grateful for and didn't even expect that!!
I would place a good wager that the odds are in your favor by a longshot.....
you will have a successful outcome.
What I'm beginning to realize, is the hardest part of the whole thing is the waiting! once you get a taste of the pain relief from the trial, and to have that taken away from you and have to wait several weeks to get your permanent...

The main things that i would focus on right up front is,......do you have a good working relationship with your Dr and do you feel he is confident and well-versed in these procedures. Hopefully he's very experienced and is looking out for your best interest as opposed to getting his nice kick-back of $ from this high dollar procedure.

Anyway, it will be great getting to know more about you and you'll soon see that we are a great team and truly empathize with each other.
This IS a big deal, but you're doing it to get your life back, and there's a great chance of that happening for you......

Glad you've found us! cuz chances are, we'll learn from YOU as well!
Rae