Condition is herniated disc lumbar plus arthritis lumbar.
ER 3/3/2014. In pain mgmt. Injections, meds, PT gave no relief.
Boston Scientific SCS trial successful. Permanent implant 6/23/2014. Really rough few days and still in slow recovery. Highly restricted activity for 3 more weeks. I am being good and following orders because I do not want to mess up what seems to be working for lumbar, hip, leg and foot pain.
I am hopeful that I will have found my magic bullet for horrid pain. I will probably never be off meds but now I can get out of bed and walk. I was bed ridden for over 4+ months. I have had severe back pain for many years but was always ambulatory until 3/3.
I was not allowed to turn the scs on until 7 days post surgery. Also, I am told the scs will give better results months from now when all swelling is down. I will never be out of pain but will thankfully take being functional.
I just felt a positive story was due re scs.