[Hicktomboy]

Rrae- things are going ok with my horses. I'm caring for them 99% of the time. I only need help to unload hay/grain. Mine are easy though...they stay out 24/7 and only come into the barn when they want to. They have free range of their stalls and lucky me, both of them HATE to potty in the stall! My stallion is a trip, if he's locked in for any reason, you have to go out and hand walk him for potty time because he absolutely will not pee in the stall, he'll make himself sick first. Poor boy was being locked up every night for the past 7 months because people moved in next door with 2 horses and they thought it was ok to use my fence line to turn out..made it difficult and my stallion had to be locked up every night and had to be hand walked for potty breaks. But THANKFULLY they moved out on the 10th HIP HIP HOORAY and things are back to normal and my stallion is once again happily turned out 24/7 with his momma.

My Boston Scientific rep called me last week after my pain dr visit. Said he'd heard that my implant wasn't covering the pain. He's such a great guy, he helped me reprogram my implant over the phone. Helps that he'd done the same with me during my first trial implant. Now I just have to keep myself from fiddling with the programming whenever its not up to par!!! But still..makes it much nicer not to have to drive 45 miles each way just to get the darn thing reprogrammed!!!

I have an appointment at the cancer center on July 14th to get my 2 RFAs done again. The month can't possibly go fast enough, When my RFAs wear off, my leg pain keeps me awake and I can't take pain meds at night because, lucky me, I'm an oddball who gets hyper on pain meds!!

Hope all is well with you and your critters!

[Rrae]

Prayin for your upcoming appointment next month
Rae

[Mark56]

Add me in there too for prayers on your behalf!!

Mark56

[vannafeelbettr]

SO GLAD you decided to post your predicament. I'm also from the Philly, PA area and I have two Spinal Cord stimulator implants (one for upper limbs, one for lower). I have an EXCELLENT Pain Management doctor who is a genius with a 89% success rate. His name is Dr. Steven Rosen with the Fox Chase Pain Management. He is a perfectionist and a brain and he knows his stuff. Been to 10 doctors before him who did all sorts of epidurals and injections that helped me very little (or temporarily). First time I spoke with Dr. Rosen (who was HIGHLY recommended by my Neurosurgeon), he immediately did the proper testing for me to find out why I was having the excrutiating pain I was -- severe nerve damage from nerves being stretched, not disc impingement (what other Docs were treating me for). Long story short, I tease him and tell him he is the love of my life for giving me my life back. He placed those ANS leads so precisely, that I have 100% full coverage of where my pain is

You have a great group of people on this board. Hope you find the answers you need and meet some awesome aquaintances along the way

Best of Luck!!! Vanna