Originally Posted by BumpyRide

Hi All, I'm new to this forum and am hoping for some guidance on my scs implant journey.

A little background might be useful so here goes! In 2003 I had a discectomy and foraminotomy, with minimal improvement as it resulted in scar tissue around the nerve root. In the years following I've tried numerous medications and interventions again with minimal improvement. My Scs trial was amazing, overall I came out with 65% improvement with the Nevro Senza which is why I was so keen to proceed with the full implant. I had the permanent implant 2 1/2 weeks ago.

Since my implant surgery, I have been experiencing extreme pain from the centre of my spine across and around my hip on the side where my battery was implanted. This pain feels like I am getting ripped apart from the inside, and occurs when I lay down, or sit. This differs from the surgical pain, and my only way of working through the pain is by pushing hard at certain points which seems to help localise and stop the pain from travelling. My specialist has said on numerous occasions that this is not normal and is taking the approach of tying to fix this with Lyrica and an analgesic cream, again no improvement as yet. This ripping pain does seem more prevalent when my stim is on. My Nevro rep & pain specialist tells me this is not normal.

My next concern is that when I have my stim on the area mentioned above from my spine out to and across my hip is in constant spasm and is very uncomfortable, worse than pre implant. This is why I did not use it for the 1 week and half. After the rep was insistent I need to have the stim on so she can map my pain for programming I have been working through the programs with no change. Again I'm told this is not normal and to keep proceeding, even though I have tried all program's with a similar result. I guess I am frustrated at the laid back approach of my rep and am curious if it is usual for this wait and see approach. When I question if this could be due to inflammation from the surgery I am told no, this is not normal.

Has anyone else had a similar experience with their scs implant or can offer any guidance as to how programming and post op recovery progress I would greatly appreciate it.

Thanks!