Did you get that off of one of those "Umpteen Things NOT to Say to Someone in Chronic Pain" lists?

Seriously, that one's a biggie, but welcome to NT anyway. I suffer from "foot in mouth" disease myself!

Yes, you have a middle-age spine; it's part of the penalty we pay for walking upright.

I like the Higgs boson joke/reference; I'll have to remember that one.

Anyhoo, you want the SCS & Pain Pumps forum, along with the Sticky thread at the top of this forum.

From what I've been able to glean, there are a lot of problems (dissatisfied customers/patients) with Boston Scientific, but read/ask on that group.

Doc