[Desi]

Hello,
To all you friends! I know that i sound like a whiney 'ol baby here, crying, whining about my pain after that last stellate ganglion block that I had on Thursday!
Friends, it got so bad to the point, that the two pain doc's I see wanted me to go up to the ER. I said for what?? what are they going to do?? I can take a warm bath(Not hot, as the pain patch I have, I can't have no excessive sweating. I can't use my heating pad anymore. My two Dr.'s most likely wouldn't show up. So this morning my pain Doc. from my area in Ohio wanted to see me this morning. He called and said to come in. He checked me out, told me no more PT, as of when he says so,. He said he does not think that I should get any more of those stellate Ganglion nerve blocks(SGB) as they are making me no better. He wants me to go on up to Cleveland to have the spinal cord stimulator! I am grasping for straws here, as I don't know ?? I hear a lot of this procedure is bad, some say,"I love it" only to have it shut off and taken out within a month or more?? PLEASE ?? any one with info on the spinal stimlator, please post, P.M. me?? thank you!!
Now, get this, I went out with Bill and my little girl to the bank, as soon as we got back, there was a message from my other pain management doc. wanting to redo the SGB!! I called, told the nurse, I don't want to have those anymore, as I am still in loads of pain from the last one!!
Well, I told her what my pain man. Doc. wants to do ... send me to Clev. for the spinal cord stim. Ok, she tells me that this Dr. in New Castle(My other PMD) is going to be doing these soon! I'm like, what???!! he never did any? she said no. I said and he will be doing them right in his office?? She said yes, I am besides myself. Bill, my son and my best friend(one of them) said, Desi, get that block done at Cleveland hospital(Not the clinic, the hospital in Cleveland) They all said they(The doc's there are all experienced, know what they are doing, did tons, yada... yada.. LOL
So, I know for sure if I will get this done, I will have it done in Cleveland. We are only 65 miles away from there. ok.. hurting here.. please anyone give me your truthful stories, about the spinal cord stim.? PLEASE!! Thanks friends, you all are always here for me, when I fall flat on my face! ~Love, Desi