Brand new here but i to have a senza and its working flawlessly so far...hope it continues,its pretty new(in my country) so i dont see much problems being reported....hope everyone is well

That is encouraging information, I too am new here, due to have a Nevro Senza implanted in the new year as the trial was quite successful.

I am from the UK and was offered a Senza trial earlier this year due to long term pain issues. Have had many spine operations; all boring stuff like bone grafting, decompression etc. over the last 30 years.

I am not saying that the operations were not successful, they certainly were, each one either getting me off the floor, off crutches or out of a wheelchair, but I am hoping that this SCS will alleviate some of the nerve pain.... fingers crossed.


All the best, Wingy

Welcome to the bunch!

We are hearing more and more of these Stenza's from across the pond! Don't hear of many of them here in the states yet.
We'll be anxious to hear how your procedure goes, so please stick around!
It's great to have you!

Rae

Senza is still in trial periods in the US, it's been trialled elsewhere in the world and the UK and Australia have embraced it. From what I can gather the high frequency that it operates at means you don't get the parasthesia that you get with other models that operate at a lower frequency, so no buzzing of the nerves at all. I trialled the senza in November and although I had problems with a faulty lead, I felt it gave me relief. They went ahead with the implant and that didn't go to plan, but, even though I only have the one lead in, I am already noticing that the pain I normally suffer from in my left hip which is referred pain from L2 & L3 is reduced. As Dr Smith says, the pain, oh the pain. I wonder what life would be like to wake up without it!! Lost in space! Dr Smith, I really used to enjoy that show, thanks for the good time memory recall lol.

I only have one lead also, Pam! I did have 2, but I didn't mind the post op and BLAST rules like I should've and one lead came detached and migrated down about 6 inches! This wasn't discovered for over 6 months until finally I demanded an xray because I had been in so much pain - but do you think they believed me? Heck no.
Anyway, once they clearly could see it on the xray, we decided to pull it out and not even replace it because the other lead was doing just fine on it's own.

Oh the pain THE PAIN!

Rae