The pain is rough after having that small period of relief. Thankfully...when the trial was over it took about 16 hours for the pain to creep up to the pre-DRG levels. I was worried it would be like BAM the pain is back but it was gradual over the course of the day. But after a week of MUCH lower pain levels it's hard to swallow this level of pain again. I get the permanent one two weeks from yesterday...it feels like forever away still but I am trying to get things like Christmas shopping and wrapping done before then because I will have the restrictions of no stretching, reaching, lifting, etc and I want to have as much done as possible before then with that stuff. But every day is a struggle now. Not that it wasn't before the DRG...but the pain relief was so good during the trial that it's just hard to have the pain back. But I know it will go down again in two weeks so I am just focused on that and on getting things ready for then.

I did have one flare up during the trial where the pain went up but it only lasted a day and I was able to adjust the levels up to help a little.

Good luck to you...I hope it works out and you get some good relief! I've also heard that sometimes having them reprogram the unit can increase relief. Have you called your rep?