Thanks for the reply Rea.
I was also questioning about the amount of scar tissue on the dura. Scar tissue can do some funky things. I try to lead as active life as possible so everything does get bumped and jarred a little.
I was also thinking it might have something to so with at therapy that I'm to increase the bodies efficiency through different movements. This has loosened up my back muscles and increased mobility throughout my chest and spinal column. Maybe that moved the electrode around enough to cause this.

This battery will be 4 years old in August. The good thing about this battery is the it is rechargeable and is supposed to last for another 6 years. As you probably know, the less you use your scs the longer it'll last. When it was working I would have it running 14 hrs or more a day. With a regular battery the best I got was 2.5 years and was told the battery life was 5 years.

Thank you for the reply and the idea. I'll let you know what happens when something happens.

Pat

Hi Pat,

You're very welcome to this corner of the web. We're all good support and you should stick around.
I too have some problems with scar tissue on the S1 nerve root that needs to be removed to free the nerve. I had a Medtronic SCS for less than a year, they removed it so I could have an MRI scan and other tests as the SCS stopped working properly. They plan to put another SCS in after I get this problem sorted. My problem is trying to find a surgeon that will agree to the surgery even if it is that logical I've been unable to find surgeon, one guy even admitted it was because I was second hand work. When I had my first disectomhy 16 years ago he was still in Uni! Doesn't make sense does it huh!

I know when I got the scs in I had some strange sensations underneath my ribs, basically the leads were up too high but once they adjusted the leads it did work better? I imagine what Rae suggested should work and it should be that simple. My SCS was on 24/7 and I really needed it that length of time.

I do remember when I had my first surgery a woman in the ward who had a discectomy too, she was having awful headaches and they discovered the surgeon had knicked something to cause the headaches and once they repaired the cut she was fine again.
Please God you will find a solution but if they do suggest removing the SCS, those headaches sound terrible, there will be another solution it won't be the end of the road for you but of course I hope and pray they find an easy solution for you.

All the best and warm wishes

Sinéad *