WELCOME!

No, you are not crazy . It's a very exciting prospect to know that there's a good chance of getting a much better quality of life.
You'll get plenty of great support here and we'll be excited to know how it goes, so please stick around! There's plenty of personal testimonies to read, so make yourself right at home. Each person is unique to their experience.

Ask anything you'd like and the wonderful caring people here will be glad to help in any way.

It's great to have you!

Rae


What type of pain have you been battling?

Well, I have been off studying for the Bar Exam TX style and have not been on here much to post lately. Sorry......

Eva gave Great pointer in the direction of BLAST which stands for
No Bending
No Lifting
No Stretching
No Twisting

It is especially helpful along with Logroll for a Permanent Implant patient such as you ORR

Weldome Helch! Trial and wanting the trial is NOT Crazy. Johanna and Rae write about pain MAKING us crazy, so the notion of wanting relief from it is not such a bad..... I will pray your Trial gives all of the information you need to make an informed consent decision whether to proceed!

Prayin,
Mark56

Welcome helch and Orr. I did not find this group till after my first implant. This board is the best, IMHO. Great thoughts and caring. My battery is being replaced and leads moved up (I don't think I knew of BLAST then) and I am going to be crazy in not doing anything that could move the leads. In the night I often wake up in bad pain and I do use the scs for an hour or 2 with a lidoderm patch over the battery! I usually fall back asleep quickly. The scs is the best pain relief I have used.

For me, the SCS became so effective, I withdrew from all pain medication.... all of it. I am so thrilled this has been made a reality for pain management.
Mark56

Not sure if you'll see this or not, but I just wanted you to know that I'm lifting you up in prayer since you may be getting your trial here very soon.
Let us know how it goes, ok!

Rae

Well tomorrow is my surgery day and I am a little nervious. I am just getting over a cold. I have not ran a fever but I still have a tickel in my throat and a cough once and a while. I hope it will be ok for me to move forward with the surgery. What are your thoughts?

Well Orrwhat, I certainly know how you are feeling right about now.
One thing I did before my surgery was I wrote myself a little 'note' of sorts. I described to myself how horrible it had been all that time leading up to the surgery. How much the unrelenting pain was driving me to think unthinkable thoughts, missing out on my family, etc. Wrote out the details. I did this just in 'case' I had any doubts after getting the surgery or wondering if I shouldn't have gone thru with it.
I'm glad I did that because looking back, I wish I wouldn't have dragged my feet for 2 yrs before doing this. This definitely was a GOOD thing!

Sure, you're gonna be in a bit of surgical pain for awhile, but your team is gonna be with you on this......the Rep, the Doc (make sure he gets you something for the pain when you leave ) You'll have those at home helping out. It really does all fall into place, so try not to let doubt or discouragement set in, k. You might need a tweak session or 2, or 3 , but it'll all come together.
Oh! and of COURSE you'll have all of US!
We'll be 'with' you all along

Now, get some rest and pamper that cold. The medical staff will evaluate whether or not you are 'too sick' to go thru with it, but I highly doubt you are.

Caring,
Rae

I have my revision surgery tomorrow. I also have a cold. The hospital said no fever or coughing up stuff I am ok for surgery. Sadly it will not be till 3:30 tomorrow afternoon. But u should be ok.

Got ya covered on prayers now and tomorrow...let us know your progress please.

Calling in the Arch Angels of healing to be by your side
Johanna

And I'm doing the same here too for you both....the very best of luck

Jackie