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Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Michigan
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Michigan
Posts: 1,424
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If the pain you have is the burning/tingling/hot-type nerve pain, then the stimulator WILL probably help you. Do you have pain down the leg?? If so, like I said it will probably help. If the majority of the pain is in the back, it's not likely to help as much. The stimulators help the MOST if the pain is mostly peripheral & if it's nerve related.
You should have a trial before they implant it. Has he mentioned a trial? It could last anywhere from a day or two to a week. That way you can assess the relief before they permanently implant it.
I hope for your sake that it DOES help. I wish you the very best! Let us know what happens, ok? God bless. Hugs, Lee
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recovering alcoholic, sober since 7-29-93;severe depression; 2 open spinal surgeries; severe sciatica since 1986; epidurals; trigger points; myelograms; Rhizotomy; Racz procedure; spinal cord stimulator implant (and later removal); morphine pump trial (didn't work);now inoperable; lumpectomy; radiation; breast cancer survivor; heart attack; fibromyalgia; on disability.
Often the test of courage is not to die, but to live..
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