The spinal cord stimulators are designed to block the pain from going to the brain. If this doesn't work I may talk to the pain doctor about trying the NEVRO. So far, no relief, but I've been told it may take 3 to 7 days to kick in. Actually, I just had an epidural and MBB, medial branch block two days ago. I've had many epidurals, RFA's and nerve blocks. I have since tried the 5 day trial with another doctor who used the Abbot DRG device with no luck. Perhaps, I was too inpatient and should have gave it more time. The tingling wasn't painful, just annoying to me. The rep tried to keep reprograming using a laptop and remote device. I did probably get 50% relief but with Boston Scientific, you do get parathesia, the tingling in the area of the pain. I had no problem with the generator or leads. Unbeknown to me the doctor who did the trial didn't do the permanent one. I decided to have the permanent one installed. I'm not sure if I got 50% but the doctor and the Boston Scientific representative convinced me I did. If you get at least 50% improvement they suggest that you get the permanent one, where the make a three inch slit in your lower back near your rump. The two leads are inserted in the back and the battery (generator) is taped to your body. After he explained the procedure, I decided to do the trial which lasted between 5 and 7 days. The pain management doctor who did the SCS, used the Boston Scientific model. Boston Scientific (Medtronic), Nevro HF10 and Abbott, formerly St. There are three companies that make them. After consulting with a couple of pain management doctors who don't do SCS thought the only thing left was to try a spinal cord stimulator (SCS) also known I believe as neuroblation. One in 2016 and the other 2018 resulting in a painful stump neuroma in the toes. I had two surgeries on the toes of my right foot. Hello bkruppa, Let me tell you about my experiences with spinal cord stimulators. So while many have had success with these devices we decided not to go through this procedure due to the many unknowns at hand. So I don't know how to view the probability of this severe side affect from occurring. None of the companies would provide such data. Finally I tried to get clinical study side affect data on more severe side affects like paralysis which a neighbor down the street from us incurred as a result of an implant procedure. From what I've read pain in the arm areas was never mentioned. My wife's pain area was never studied so she would be the first to test these devices for her pain area. Third is there probably are no studies done on other parts of the body other than that of the spinal/back and leg. Second is that there (according to a doctor) is a high re-implant rate in the first 5 years (20%) apparently to readjust the spinal implants. The newer claim to work better even though the process of implant is the same so I'm not sure why the newer claims are better. There are older and newer model devices out there. After doing much research and talking to some doctors I found the following. My wife has chronic pain and considered a spinal implant device. I'm like an old shoe that keeps hanging around. I'm actually on my third doctor, the others have moved or retired. I have encouraged everyone who has come to me, to have one put in if the pain is so bad you can't control it. If I fall it has to be fixed again, things like that. When I have something done surgically it has to be adjusted because it is very sensitive and can get out of whack. It has to be adjusted quite a bit the first couple years but gets less and less. It's not a one time inserted and all is well. I plan to have one always because I know what the nerve pain is like and do not want to feel it! I know a lot of the patients don't have patience enough to work with it and give up. I can now have MRI's and the technician is going to work with me next month to teach it to tell when I lay down and automatically turn down the stimulation. And when that one was getting close it was replaced with a new state of the art one. The original reached it's time limit and another one was put in.
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