Well, depending on how painful you feel, a big bear hug welcome to you!! It can be especially frightening preparing for a surgery when you know you already have the SCS, whether it has worked or not and how, and the whole rigamarole about healing from the process: thing of it is.... and I have pondered this as well, especially when I have recently been recuperating from a surgery and was watching a couple of western movies on the TV..... isn't it Grand we have even the Means to think about these techie wonders which never existed when my grandparents were alive????

Thinking back to those nights I would thrash about on the floor of our bedroom screaming because the pain was so bad, my precious wife trying to calm me, and years ago there was no hope for that kind of pain..... just pillzzzzzzz. Just pills. Then society would nod at the poor family over there because the Dad was "hooked" on prescription meds.

Nowadays, it is so cool to be on the leading edge of medical science. We are that leading edge...... and there have been MANY on here who have approached, experienced, and benefitted by the reality of revision surgery to help with the stim gone wrong, the infection gone bad, the lead migrated south, and on and on..... YES, surgery especially with general anesthetic is not to be taken lightly--it is a very serious issue. TAKE surgery only when necessary, then we pray you through the experience in hopes the whole of the event brings to you solutions like one whose migrated lead was merely removed and she felt so much better with the remaining lead working just fine, and another whose migrated leads were replaced and allowed her to continue schooling for her degree, or another couple of folks who had to go for removal of their units altogether and now await right timing to have a new stim implanted, not to mention veteran Pooh who shared she has now benefitted from three units over time. Thing of it is Pooh will be too shy to admit she works with that stim performing its symphony within her as she is a nurse in a hospital on her feet all shift every shift! She is one of my heroes.

So Tammy, I pray for you as you approach your situation you may be calmed and prepared for the event to occur so you may rest as it is done as your docs care for you all hoping for the ultimate good that YOU will feel blessed and true benefit from your revised and renewed stim,
Amen anybody?
Mark56