Hello Everyone,

As I read some of these posts, I find that my procedures were so very different than all of yours. First, a neurosurgeon placed mine. I went in on a Monday and had the leads placed, in a permanent fashion, and the wires were attached to a temporay generator. I was only under moderate sedation and after they placed the leads, they woke me up enough so I could tell them if I was feeling the "signal" in the right place. My trial was for 4 days and on the next Friday I got my IPG implanted under a general. I have 3 different types of stim set in my programer that I use depending on my pain. #2 is my favorite. If I need a different program set, all I have to do is contact the rep in my area and they would meet me at my dr.'s office...no charge.

I feel so fortunate to have had a positive outcome from my experience. I'm sorry for those of you who are continuing to struggle.



Rhonda