Bumpin Up an old thread!
 

:bump: Yep, it's 'bump' time again! :D


I see this thread has been bumped up a couple times before.

This is for you Yellow! (And for the other upcoming SCSers)....

Rae
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Thank you! I guess reading through everything it really comes down to personal preference. I always find it interesting to hear why people chose the location that they did, though, because I think reading the reasonings helps a lot!!

Overall, I think I feel more comfortable with the idea of having it in my back than in the front. And my BS rep did say that 95% of their patients have it implanted in the back, so that is something to consider too. As for which side, I think I will go with the left. There are several reasons for this when I think about my day-to-day life. Also my 6 week tunneled epidural catheter came out the left side, so it seems more familiar, and the back left is just more of what I always pictured, which I think should come into play a little as well.

One thing that seems to be a consensus is that placement will likely interfere with jean wearing for awhile :D Good thing I have a nice supply of comfy pants!

Wouldn't it be nice?????
 

If the loonies who design jeans took an anatomy lesson or two, because this attempted design flaw in the location of the female waist has just thrown all sorts of havoc for those [like my wife, and frankly like our college age daughter] who would like it if the bottom of the tops reached the tops of the bottoms. Do you get my drift here? And besides, then the SCS thing would be more comfortable for y'all of the female persuasion and design who have the generator put pretty much in the same location where mine sits. I mean..... GEE WHIZ I cannot imagine the discomfort of having a "low rider waist" sitting on TOP of my generator. Oh, and being long waisted as it is my shirts would never tuck in.

Allright, enuff of that..... the location for you Yellow seems as though it will be a good situation for you, and to tell you the truth, post surgery, I wore sweat bottoms until the incision healed up properly so I would not cause more pain..... but then like some stupid guy thing, I did go and use an adhesive patch on my recharge unit to stick it over my generator..... of course, you know that story... I never did that again.

You're gonna be fine, I just have this feeling,
Mark56:grouphug:

Hmmmmm what a dilemma lol
 

Yes it can be a pain in the butt, quite literally:D. I have my battery in my left butt/hip and its quite near the surface, well I think it is, although my Dr tells me its in a little pocket;)

Those low rise jeans are not so bad once they are low enough to go BELOW the battery:D also skinny jeans are good too once they are too tight OVER the battery.......As my Dr said its in my NATURAL CREST:confused:didnt realise I even had one:D.......I didnt get a choice btw I was TOLD thats where it will go.....although Im glad it wasnt in my abdomen! phew!!!

Yoga pants worked great for me. They are light weight and easy to pull up over your bandages without too much effort. Good luck Yellow.
Sandy Kay

Bump!
 

My stim was implanted in my belly region on Tuesday last, to the left of my belly button. Seems as good a place as any and easy for recharging the unit. I have to come up with a pet name for the stim so that I can enter a Christmas draw in the hospital I've been informed! :):) Trying to think of something that's not too twee and worthy since I'm not the type that goes in for pet names for inanimate objects. My car is just 'the car' or at best 'that flamin' old jalopy!'

Now my kids and dogs are another matter. Poor things never know who I'm calling what with all the 'honey' 'sweetheart' 'pet' 'redzer' 'squirty mac squirt squirt', 'the beast', 'ya mountain goat ya' etc etc. (The last three are for the dogs in case you're in the middle of dialling child services :winky:)

Pet Names
 

Rae is superb at this! Pulls them out of her left pocket, she does. I swear that pocket is a veritable endless treasure of wisdom, laughs, hugs, all matters we need and hold dear. The name she and the group came up for me was PJ since I have quite a bit of faith and it flows over from time to time. She even named a foal by that moniker as it seemed to fit.

Maybe she will come up with some linty piece of wit for you!
Here is a dose of prayer that hopefully will help your first few days,
Mark56:hug:zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Dubliner!
 

Believe it or not, we even have a thread on naming our buzzers!
We used to call ourselves the 'Butt-Buzzers', but so many folks are now getting theirs elsewhere, so that isn't politically correct anymore. And NOW we've got NON-buzzing folks!
So we need to come up with a new name for our SCS members!
Maybe Joan can help with this, she's got a great imagination :D

I'll bump up the thread for you viewing enjoyment!

Rae
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Well SHOOT! I spoke too soon.
I can't seem to find that thread anywhere!
If anyone else can, please bump it up....
Otherwise we'll need to start a new one on Naming our UNITS (I can't for the life of me remember what I named mine!)
I bumped up the Simple Comical Stupidity thread instead :D