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SCS & Pain Pumps For spinal cord stimulator (SCS) and pain pump discussions. |
View Poll Results: Do you have a SCS or Pain pump? | ||||||
SCS? | 121 | 85.21% | ||||
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Pain pump? | 13 | 9.15% | ||||
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Worked well for me | 38 | 26.76% | ||||
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Works somewhat / partially | 44 | 30.99% | ||||
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Didn't work for me | 9 | 6.34% | ||||
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Had to have it removed | 13 | 9.15% | ||||
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Had medical complications | 15 | 10.56% | ||||
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Had mechanical malfunctions | 10 | 7.04% | ||||
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Still in but turned off | 17 | 11.97% | ||||
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Other issues explain in a post please. | 20 | 14.08% | ||||
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02-14-2010, 03:09 AM | #9 | ||
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I have had 2 scs surgeries both causing 90 to 100 day flare ups. I will never ever forget how much pain the scs surgery and programming had caused me for the rest of my life. they never worked. during the trial i might of achieved 10% reduction in pain at most. my doc would not give me a pain pump without trying the scs first. the dr.'s get a nice bonus check for every scs they put in from the company they use. Advanced Bionics,ANS,and Medtronics compete against each other for business. I had advanced bionics put in twice. i have had several opinions since then and the pain docs say advanced bionics is their first choice and medtronics is awful(at least for the last 8 years or so) but they love medtronics pain pumps(this might be cuz its the only programmable pain pump made on the planet).
as of 2009, the new standard during a trial is 75% pain relief or you dont get the scs put in. it used to be 50% pain relief. about 50% of scs's are not being used after one year of use because it doesnt help them anymore. i think that is why they want 75% pain relief now. i know very few people that scs's worked on but for them it allowed them to keep working or go back to work so it was worth it for them. i am currently in trial for pain pump. if this works, i will get the scs taken out because the surgeon did not put the generator in deep enough so i battle sores from the generator trying to poke out of my skin.
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Hoping you feel better, ALASKA MIKE ARACHNOIDITIS,CRPStype2/CAUSALGIA since 2004 |
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