I got a cervical SCS this past June which was my second SCS. It has been working for me and I'm very glad now that I have it, although I was resistant to the idea for awhile. I did go through the blocks first, but that is because I wanted to try more conservative treatment before I went through this whole thing again, so that would be something to talk to your doctor about to see what he thinks. I was able to bypass the psych eval though, considering I had one less than a year earlier for my first SCS.

I will say that the cervical is a LOT more sensitive to positional changes. I can move my neck and it will get much stronger in my hand still. But it's something that you get used to the best you can and try to work around. Mine is only for my left wrist/hand, and I am right-handed, so there is no interference with writing for me and I can still type- much better now thanks to the stim because there's less pain. I do notice though that when I have it on my grip seems a little weaker in my left hand and my fine motor skills aren't as good. So I do wonder what it would be like to write with that hand.

Let me know if you have any other questions!