Wow, thanks guys, expecially for the links to other articles which I will read immediately! This is a wealth of information and also educated advice from people who are in my shoes, which is worth more than anything. I am fortunate in that my family doc will continue to give me scripts for fentanyl if I want to continue it. One thing that concerns me with these pain docs is that they don't want to prescribe narcotics, which we know a lot about, but they will load you up with Lyrica in high doses, and I don't think they know the long term effects of that at all. They are a little to eager to use people as guinea pigs, I think. And, of course, the spinal cord stimulator carries with it the risk of infection, as any procedure where something is introduced into the body does. Well, I am off to read those articles. And Daniella, I would LOVE to be your hospital buddy if we should both decide to try the stimulator! We are lucky to have these online buddies, too, aren't we?