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Originally Posted by buckeye71

I've had idiopathic neuropathy in both feet for seven years and have not found any kind of relief through medication or surgery. The pain is limited to the pretty much balls of the feet (it has not spread) and keeps ratcheting up. I've been in a wheel chair for two years now. My pain management doctor is recommending spinal cord stimulation. I'd really like to learn more about this procedure (pros and cons) from someone that has the implant before I make a decision. This is my first post so I'm nit sure sure to go or what to do. Any ideas of suggestions will be welcome. Thanks.

Glad you stopped by the forum.

There's a lot of caring people here. Lots of info. Look around.

My mother suffers from diabetic neuropathy, post stroke since 1997. Left-sided paralysis, very bad left foot. Everything bad happens to the left foot. Ummm. I'm treating her foot with light therapy and we see a lot of improvement. She's reluctant to go farther without her doctor's approval. I agree we should find out more about LED and infrrared therapy.

I have obtained a CD from Neuropathy Centers of America, where their doctors are actually advocating these units. But they were saying it could wake things up "and we know what to do about that." So we are in the process of finding out what they meant about that. Mom's afraid if she wakes things up any more she may have pain to deal with, and she doesn't want that, at all. I do not want a painful situation for her either. You can PM me for more info about what I'm doing with the lights and how it's helped my mom so far.

I've not had the experience of a spinal stimulator, except --I'm a court reporter and some witnesses have said it helps and some say it doesn't. One had surgery on his back after the failed pump and his back surgery was successful. Now the only pain he has is from the pain pump in his hip. He's going to have surgery to have that removed. Probably minor but let's pray he doesn't get a staph infection, or some secondary complication.

I hope you find relief soon.

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