well i have a appointment to meet with the Dr, over scs i will keep you all posted

Such a good thing to learn!! I truly hope your discussion goes well, being armed as well with questions such as which equipment does your doctor tend to implant, how would the doc see such an implant impacting your current pain profile, whether your doc has ever heard of the Nevro product which [was it irljenn?] who said hers was of such manufacture and does not produce the stim sensation that other products are known to produce [although charging frequency is daily or every other day], what steps are taken to confirm the appropriateness of you as patient for the procedures [a very common step to approval is the performance of a psych profile with a psychologist]?

May all be well with you as your appointment approaches, and may your doc be well informed in delivering thorough information to you.

Mark56

thank you all for all your help . my appointment went very well. the brandy they use is medtronics. Any one know if this is on of the good one? they're giving you the choice of a rechargeable unit or not rechargeable. the rechargeable seems like it would be a lot more worke than it would to get a new battery 5yr sooner.

thanks for the hellp and support.
Glassman

How bout it Rae, is this your ball to throw?

Mark56

I'm one of the ones who has a medtronics unit.
I'm happy with the unit........it's the HEALTHCARE I have issues with ... couple that with the fact that my body seems to be falling apart.....

Sorry, I'm wearing my grouchy pants today.....

If I were to start everything all over again, I'd make certain that I got better follow up care.....meaning, be more proactive in calling the shots if my Dr is too high in the clouds of arrogance to talk to me on 'my' level and 'LISTEN' to me when I say I 'think' there may be a problem......

Yes, these units require maintenance......but the way I see it (in my case anyway).... is that I would have spent even MORE time curled up in pain and in bed watching life pass me by. Charging my battery once a week (or so) is ok with me and a fine tradeoff since it does cover the burning pain that had me rendered useless..... and wishing my life would end

I just wish that I would have received physical therapy.......and a quick peek (via fluoroscopy or xray) shortly after implantation to make sure things are as they should be.
I guess if my Dr were sitting here right now, he'd probably say that it is MY responsibility to advocate for myself in my treatment.
Scuse me, but I guess I didn't 'know' enough from a medical standpoint to know 'what' I was supposed to be advocating. I was pretty caught up in my pain battle and trying to hang on to this side of life.

I hope things go smoothly for you....
It's good that they are giving you a choice in the matter.....
I'm sure this will be a good experience for you. Just be good to yourself and careful after the surgery

Caring
Rae