How can it be that the consultants/doctors opine the inability of the system to treat pain generated from nerve root locations regardless of the point of origin? Mine, for instance, originates from the permanently injured nerve root L5-S1 producing low lumbar and leg burning pain while having also produced spasms..... in other words a good deal of hurt. I do not understand when my surgeons placed the paddles at T8-T9 through laminectomy, resulting in treatment which runs from my waist down through my legs your doctors say "not so." How can this be?

Further, my device manufacturer rep had me program the unit myself since the pain signature and the device response are such subjective issues only the patient can provide keystrokes which meaningfully address the issues. I did not go through shocking treatments of a rep who zapped me while excusing their oops. Are you all at the mercy of the rep keystrokes on a computer? Do you not have direct input to the programs with which you are provided? I marvel at the awkwardness of the approaches, because if the reps are manipulating the computer and asking the patient "how is that?" a good deal of information is omitted from consideration.

If I sound as though on a soapbox, then I reckon I am, because pain is all to subjective.......

Nevertheless, I DO pray that each of you find the results you have sought through these hyperinvasive approaches to pain management.
I believe it has been and IS the answer I sought, now for my first complete year,
Prayin for ya,
Mark56