I hope you are at rest and sleeping as i type this....

It's an all-to-familiar battle, yet it's good you got on here to 'rant'.....
I only WISH people in the medical field would somehow come across these posts and actually give a cr@p!
I mean REALLY. What's it gonna take for the health industry to recognize this for what it is and make allowances for us to get the PROPER pain management!!
I've seen too many people at the end of their rope and almost ready to give up their lives just to be set free from this agony and it REALLY peeves me because i KNOW there is adequate pain management options....but, thanks to the DEA, Dr's are running scared and are afraid to prescribe the REAL meds that can possibly make a difference.......but noooooooo! We're in the war on drugs by golly and it has gone TOO FAR! The drugseeker/addicts are gonna find their 'fix' no matter WHAT enforcement is in place and meanwhile lives are being lost due to suicide. I've seen it happen with my own 2 eyes.
So, THANKS aLOT DEA they think they are 'saving lives' but that's a load of @#$%^!! LIVES ARE BEING LOST because people like us can't take it anymore!!!!! It just gets to be TOO MUCH having to feel like a lowlife scumbag grovelling around to get our little hand-written script once a month and STILL getting the looks from certain people as tho WE are the drugseekers causing all the problems!

ok enuf of the Andy Rooney rant.......

My heart goes out to you.
I see you have an SCS. How long have you had it? It'd be great if you popped over to the SCS/Pain Pump forum and shared a bit on how much it is helping you.....people are coming here every day asking about these units.
Here's the link to get you there :
http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/forum118.html

We've started a thread on how much percentage of pain does your implant cover, and it'd be so great if you'd chime in.....

Caring
Rae