Hi Tchr,
Yes I can relate to some of what you are saying and I only had some day surgery for it last Friday to try and ease the situation. I had my SCS fitted last December for left side back and legs pain. The leg pain is working fine but the back wasn't.
Everytime I went to turn up the stim for my back it would give me an awful stinging burning sensation. I basically gave up on the back working at all. I tried to change things with the technician but she couldn't do anything. In the meantime I felt as if i was going downhill again, my pain was returning and I wasn't feeling any benefit at all from the SCS. I went back to my Consultant and he decided on some revision surgery and so far so good, it's only been a few days but the stim is up higher than t's ever been and no stinging.
Hopefully it will continue to work for me.
I do definitely suggest you go see your consultant and let him know the problems you are having and see what he/she says, there's no harm trying.
Best of luck,
Sinéad
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Originally Posted by tchr012
I think I have to go back to my pain doc again because I am having some issues. I had my last revision done in November and they put in the paddle leads, I was really happy because I was able to walk and the pain was a bit better. Within the last month or so though I started noticing problems again, my legs are going numb like off and on before (mostly if I am sitting doing school work or if I am sitting on the floor playing with the dog) and now I can't even sleep because every time I lay down they start burning again  I tried turning it up but then when my stim is too high it makes me have trouble sleeping. I have had it reprogrammed twice because it kept going into my abdomen again and that helped a bit but this pain is starting to go over my stimulation coverage and I am worried that I should talk to my doctor about it. I haven't seen him since my recovery appt last year and I was really hoping I would not have to see him at all. Does anyone else have these types of problems after the stim has been a long time? This is so frustrating and has been a very bad week for me for many reasons Take care |