Well, this is very strange. Had my appt. with my optha-neurosurgeon as I have optic neuropathy in amongst my other health issues that we don't discuss here on this forum. She found that my spinal fluid pressure was high where it hasn't been in the past. I asked if it could possibly be related to having the two SCS implants as that is really the only thing that's changed since we last met. She said, let's see. So we measured my spinal fluid pressure with them both on, and then I turned them both off, and we re-measured.

When they were both off, my spinal fluid pressure went back into the normal range. Weird, huh!!! Then we did another experiment where I turned off the cervical remote and left the lumbar remote on. When she retested me, my spinal fluid pressure was still high, so looks like the culprit is the lumbar stimulator, which, unfortunately, I have to leave on 24/7. So now I have another medicine added to my daily regimen to help offset the increased spinal fluid pressure. She said that if I need a higher dose of the medicine I'll know because I'll start getting headaches and finding that I have a harder time reading things close up.

I told her that I believe my nausea is coming from my neck area and she said that is very possible and talked about the "vagus" (sp?) nerve, so I know I'm not crazy in that respect.

I put a call into my pain mgmt. dr. to let him know this is happening and to see if it is a problem. Seems like one cure can lead to other problems