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Originally Posted by Mark56
If it has gone this long post surgery and speculation is all you receive from the surgeon, a question I have is whether your surgeon is still "in charge" of your case, or whether you have been released back to your pain management specialist? Reason for the thought is the wondering whether the pain management person who had to have referred you for surgery might have a different take on it.
I have no personal experience with such "surgical" pain since my stim is thoracic mounted for lumbar and legs. The only time I had scapular pain, and it was a killer, was post fusion, when I was literally strong arming my way up from bed..... irritated the muscle, that, and it hurt like a son of a gun until I had deep tissue massage there to help push the knots out.
Prayin it gets better or your surgeon emerges from the OR freezer,
Mark56  |
Hi Mark,
My stimulator is also in the thoracic area for the lumbar-sciatic pain. I had to go to the emergency room on Thursday because the pain was very very severe. My pain tolerance is high probably like everyone else because we have learned to live in pain until the stimulator implant. They think I tore a muscle from the surgery, so only time will heal this (I guess)! I am still under the neorsurgeon's care until I see him again in March for checkup. I'm back at work today but I still have the pain and they gave my muscle relaxers and strong pain pills. The pills still don't help me and the doctor has not called me back.
However my doctor was on call the night I went to the emergency room and they called him. I will just have to wait and wait and wait. I just wanted to see if anyone else has had this experience from the implant??
