Wow, today has been such a crazy day and something really unexpected happened. I went to my appointment and of course my stim rep could not reprogram me yet again and we found out that now the battery and the leads are really messed up. Then we discussed if I was going to have another revision but we were worried because of my tendency to fall so he told me about the paddles! He even showed them to me and then him and my old stim doc (who was actually nice for a change) asked me what I wanted and said if I wanted the paddles I could get them! So, long story short I am going for it and now I am just waiting on the call from the surgeon to know when it will happen! I am just in a whirlwind of emotion right now and I cannot believe that I am actually going to get them! I am also kinda scared so I will be asking lots of questions for people with paddles I am very nervous but I feel very optimistic and that my prayers are about to be answered My first question is how long is the recovery, and are you woken up during surgery like when you have the regular leads in? I hope you sleep the whole time because that part is so painful when they wake you up! My stim rep said it will hurt more because there will be two pieces of bone cut out so I am trying to prepare myself for that since by itself it sounds scary lol. Anyway, I have homework to do but I wanted to let you know since this is such a big deal! I am also really hoping that some of you that have the paddles can maybe offer me some words of wisdom or just help alleviate some of my fears I appreciate any info I can get at this time! Take care 'sTara