Originally Posted by tchr012

After a year of fighting with my current stim doctor to help me, I finally have help! I love my new pain doctor and I found out that he trained her on stimulators which is funny. He was so nice and I even started crying (sorry but things were rough and pain was bad) but he was very nice and gave me some hope and options I had to get Xrays but he said I am definitely going to have surgery to get the battery fixed or replaced and also fix the pocket that is in because they think I moved it deeper in when I fell. And depending on my X-rays he will fix my leads too. We also talked about doing the paddles and he said that after this surgery if I need another revision he will get me paddles right away. He wants to put it off right now though because it is way more involved and who knows his surgery might actually fix things! So, the plan is I am seeing my stim rep next week and then 2 weeks from today I have an appt with my pain doctor and that is when we find out when my surgery will be! I am so thankful right now and so happy because I was really depressed over this. Oh yeah, he also increased my neurontin because he said she had me on a very low dose so that is good.
I know this if offtopic but-I am still worried about that situation I was talking about (it is related to domestic violence) and I am trying to help her out of it while going through all this pain stuff so it kind of overwhelmed me! But I am the type of person that will protect my family especially my mom know matter what and I just found out that stuff yesterday and I was so upset, I still am upset but I am trying to help her and keep her safe and feeling better right now. This whole situation is really hard for me because I went through it and she has before this too so it makes me very sad, angry, and upset. I am really trying to be strong for her! Anyway, just please pray for her and this whole situation because I just want her to be safe and okay! I will let you all know how things are going, but I probably won't be around too much since I have to try to do all my school work I can before the surgery and also I am focusing a lot of my time and attention in helping my mom and my family! I do still think about all of you though and my new family on here and you are always in my thoughts and prayers! I am so thankful to have found this place because it really motivated and supported me to get through all this pain and keep trying to get better care and better doctors! Take care BIG'sTara