Hi I'm 47 yrs old and a mother of 3 and a grandmother of 7 got hurt in 2004 and had back surg. in 2005 and it failed. I don't know where to go from here the doctor that i have now is pretty much through his hands up and said i quit. he has given me an option spinal cord stimulator with less then 50% chance it will help with the pain i don't want them to cut on me if its not going to work, im at my wits end please some advise.

how do I get this stuff to work I don't know what I'm doing.

Etta ,
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Hi Etta

can we help you with anything specific? or are you just struggling with the way the forum works?

here is a link to our spinal forum if that can help
http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/forum22.html

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Thanks
Alison

I have a friend that had two back surgeries and then had the SCS put in. It made his pain worse. He had it in for about a year and had it taken out. He is back to work now but he does take pain meds.

There are a lot of meds out there that you might read up on here on the different forums. Go to the RSD forum and you can ask about the SCS or read what others have written about it here. You can also learn about different meds you might try there. I'm on Methadone for pain and I like it but a lot of people don't but there are so many other meds as I said.

I am glad you found the group. You will find a lot of help and support here.

Ada

Hi there Etta!

I have a Spinal Cord Stim and I love it! I know that the prospect of the trial sounds scary- wires in the spine! yikes!- but it really isn't as bad as it sounds. After you wake up from having the wires put in place, you don't notice them that much. I mean, you don't go to the beach or anything because you have these wires hanging out of you but it's worth it. Think about it this way- there's a 50% chance that it could work and make your pain significantly better! I couldn't get by without mine. In fact, I have gone through several revision surgeries to fix leads that broke or moved--> all because it is so worth it to have a functioning SCS. I hope that this gives you something to feel positive about. Sometimes having an option to do something is all we need to keep going.
Linnie