Yesterday I went out the door with my cane for the first time. The first thing I did was to walk through the daffodils blooming by the driveway. Then I walked to the mailbox and back.

A mundane activity that most people take for granted. I have not had that much fun in years.

After having been maimed by a Boston Scientific Spinal Cord Stimulator tDCS has given me a new life. The wheelchair that the Spinal Cord Stimulator relegated me to is now in the shed. I hope the walker will also reside there soon.

It is not often that CRPS worsened by Spinal Cord stimulators responds to anything. I am in awe and feel so thankful for finding this treatment.

I am now in physical therapy only once a week, down from three times a week. The atrophy in my leg is just about gone. I am sleeping like a baby.

I am now on maintenance treatments of twice a week for twenty minutes each.

The best thing is that my energy level is back to the pre-CRPS, Pre spinal cord stimulator level. There is no doubt in my mind that tDCS has interrupted the progression of the disease.

If you are newly diagnosed please consider tDCS to knock out the CRPS. For all of those with CRPS who are considering Spinal Cord Stimulators please read my history first. I have been to hell and back. The only thing worse than CRPS is CRPS made worse by a failed Spinal Cord Stimulator.(And most of them do fail for CRPS patients, within several months to several years)

I try not to look back but some times I can't help but think about how my life would have been different if I had used tDCS early on, prior to the many treatment failures and medications that either did not work or made me worse.

Please consider tDCS. You have nothing to loose.