That's funny...all these folks worldwide dropping their remotes in the "loo".

See how my appt. went and you'll understand.

Hey Fiona

Sure we didn't go to the same rep. Both seems to be consistent with the information which is good to hear.

Btw while I was at the hospital today a lady wad telling me' that she had to pay 10k euro ti have her stim implanted. Something to do with her insurance shortfall. Does anyone know exactly how much the implant costs. My Dr did mention somewhere in the region of 70k. As each lead costs 25k euro each. That's expensive I am waiting to get my summary from my insurance company. Now that will be interesting reading

Hard to say, exactly, as the doctor, Boston Scientific, and the hospital will send my insurance company their bills... but then there's the "contracted agreement" they all have, so won't know the "real" cost until it's all been worked out.

The total for all the bills that have been sent to my ins. company totals about $148K for both implants. I'm curious to see how much everyone actually gets paid.

That is why it is a course of last resort, the psych eval is such a big thing to make sure the expenditure is worth the spend..... and all that. Lots of $$$$$ to be sure.

Mark56

Jackie !
OMG i am so thrilled you asked those Q's!!!
I will be going to my tweaker next week and will compare answers k.

WOW!
I am jumping for JOY at your post!!!!
It's about 3am your time as i type this and I'm hoping you are resting very well with your new adjustments!

Did your Rep mention anything to the effect that by ramping up the voltage, it drains the battery faster..... ? I'm sure we can all deduce that, but it was one of those things i needed spelled out to me.....

What is a 'euro' as opposed the the US $ ?
Mine was about a round figure of $100,000, and that includes the $10,000 week-long trial at the beginning.

So glad to have the heads up on the 12month guarantee thing!!
I'm sure it's the same here in the states, so it's certainly something I want to get checked to make sure all is in proper working order before the year comes up.

Thanks Again Jackie!
You are incredible!!!

Rae

The euro against the dollar at the moment is

1 Euro = 1.27 dollars


So my lead would be $1900 And the overall cost would be in the region of $100k also I reckon..

Jackie, I am so glad to hear that your reprogramming session went well. It is really weird when they tweak it and you do feel different sensations. Sometimes mine will go into my middle or stomach and I tell him to turn it down and then the worst thing was when it was causing weird pressure pains when it was turned up. Of course, I think that it was just acting weird because it is messed up but I can totally relate to all the things sensations you were talking about Also, I did not know and I have never heard about insuring our equipment but it might be different because all of my stim stuff happened because of the accident so all the expenses are under that I guess. I have dropped my remote before (not in the loo tho). I am really REALLY happy that your stim is working so well for you and that you got reprogrammed! I also know that its weird waiting while they do it because one time I was in the office for 3 hours and at that point I wanted to just go home lol but you cannot do that or it will not be beneficial I am just so thankful I have a patient husband who sits there with me and we all 3 talk to my rep about all kinds of stuff (even besides stim related stuff) and I feel like I am very close to him which is good since having the stim is a lifelong thing! Have a great weekend! 'sTara