Had to chuckle when I saw a kit to make a Sock Monkey today !

sock monkey
 

Joan, you've brought up a VERY valid concern. The doctor tends to turn you over to the reps once the surgery is done, but like Sandy said, the reps are very very helpful. After all, they DO want to sell you this thing!

Plus, I dont' think it'd be out of line to bring this up to your doctor - that you've called on several occassions and it takes this long to get back to you. I'd sure take it as a red-flag. Especially if you get the permanent. To this day, I guess I didn't push my Dr very hard when I had a migrated lead for 6 months and didn't know it. I knew 'something' wasn't right.
I do get angry about the fact that SCS pts don't get very good follow up care (in general)

:hug: Rae :hug:

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That's it, Saffy! If there are sock monkey kits, then there should be sock monkey repair kits! That's what I need!

Well, I must have been channeling you all today...I called again to leave a message and they called back pretty soon after that. Here's the news: I finally have a date, which is Jan. 5. Not as soon as I would have liked, but there you have it. She assured me that they have staff on call over the weekend if I have trouble, so I guess that's it. Six more weeks.

Now I'm going to try to schedule the permanent installation in case the trial works out.

As for the not calling back, I am going to bring that concern up before January.

Threatening people with musical instruments...
 

Mark, you can't scare anyone with a ukulele. They are much too quiet. But last week I had the opportunity to play a banjolin, which, as you might have guessed, is a cross between a mandolin and a banjo. It was very loud. Now that thing you could scare people with. It also weighed a ton so even if you just swung it, you could could be pretty dangerous.

Jan 5th it is!
 

HURRAYYY!! You are officially 'in'! Let the countdown begin :cool:

Way to be a step ahead of the curve there, Joan. If you can get the permanent scheduled now, then you might not have as long a wait in between. And if for whatever reason you decide not to get the permanet implant, the surgery date can simply be cancelled.
How brilliant is THAT.
Why don't I think of these things?! :Scratch-Head:

I find it interesting how different doctors schedule the implant at different intervals. My Dr won't implant for two months after the trial to allow for complete healing. I've read other posts where implants are done very soon after the trial.

I'm glad you have your date. You can get through the holidays and have a FRESH start in 2012.

I just bought a sock monkey Christmas ornament for my nephew's 1st Christmas. So cute. My mom made them for me when I was little. :)

Sandy Kay

The Brighter Greener Bulb....
 

So, our banjolin playing, uke swinging, mandolin orchestrally strumming NEW BULB in the Got a Trial Date pack has that plucky brilliance to come up with scheduling surgery ahead........

I think we as a group oughta form an investment group, take this concept seriously..... I could pluck a banjolin in the background with Joan as someone more techy adept sets up the first ever website for surgical scheduling accessible by patients, surgeons, hospitals, sugical centers, insurance companies and the like. Dates are placed on calendar in hopes they may not be needed, but there nevertheless if NEED dictates. No more calls to an inattentive Doc office. Just get online and submit the surgical calendar request, populating the fields with insurance data, surgeon's ID, recommending physican, and the ethernet figures out who gets what when. Gee, we could even have a Red Carpet club for folks who want the high brow treatment. Miles on your credit card if you pay ahead and file claim with insurance after.

We could even do an IPO, live like Queens and Kings [so few guys, I figured I would put ladies first], get a leg up on the search engines. Help humankind. Blare the trumpets..... pluck the banjolins......

Someone is going to probably throw a brick at me.... I can feel the glare.....
:o
Mark56:eek:

Nah, no bricks, dear Mark....
We're just amazed at the dimensions of true WISDOM you delve into, to come up with these ideas....

I'm beginning to think YOU have a secret left pocket as well! :D

It is where I used to keep my navel lint......
 

:eek:You know the kind.... guys with hair and the stuff that goes along with that, and by gum, one day our daughter at a very young age came up to me and plucked navel lint from..... well.... my navel. So I started wearing shirts all of the time, the kind with a secret left pocket, so soon it bulged with lint.:D

But cha know, we could do this world wide start up of Appointments Be We, can't use R Us, or that awful toy company will sue. You know, trademark infringement...... we don't shop there anymore. Just click and drive when the doc and patient have agreed a surgery is appropriate. Get the scrip, enter the data. The fields populate with choice of surgical center, anesthetist, all of the blah, blah, and then enter the insurance data. Nothing like hospital efficiency.

Oh, and here is a real clue why a certain state out west which shall not be named but has had pot heads, actors, and such live in its governor's mansion, not to mention philanderers....... So I go online today needing data on a mortgage company out there. Oh, they have pretty web pages, complete with pictures of all of the political wannabees, but can you obtain data via computer? Au contraire!!!! One must take pen, paper and thought, mix it all up in a letter to mail to the government so they will answer someday. And I thought this place referred to as Silicon Valley was located out there. Suddenly it dawned on my why they are broke..... the followed the D.C. model...... yup.

So, IPO here we come, anyone wanna take this taildragger idea into the financial markets? I mean, if they will pay multi millions in bonuses to defunct outta money company heads as an atta boy, you got federal bailout money, surely a more serious plan like streamlining surgical planning should get a market boost. Huh?

Too funneh, huh?
Mark56:eek::eek::eek::eek: