This is wonderful!
I'm thrilled to see that your Dr got right on the ball with this!

I'm sure you've probably read back thru alot of the posts, so most of the process will be somewhat familiar to you.....
There's an excellent thread back a few pages on the psyche eval.....

And here's the VERY informative site that Fiona provided up in the stickies. It's kinda mixed in with some various chatter, so not sure if you had come across this. But now that you've got your 'Official' thread going! yayy! I thought I'd put this here for you.....
It explains EVERYTHING paddle leads, percutaneous leads.......

http://www.nationalpainfoundation.or...e-technologies

I'm so impressed with this site, I'm gonna also go put it on Tara's thread, since she said she was having trouble finding info.....

This will be a wonderful turning point in your life, Sarah!
And I'm hoping and praying that when you CAN start becoming more and more active, maybe the pooling in your legs will start to go away.....especially if it might be a circulation issue or something..... ?

Well, just know, you've got the sky for the limit for support here!

Rae