After lifting heavy gas powered equipment for 5hrs, my Dr. had to do two bone fusion's. He pulled up a chair and had a long talk. He said I destroyed lumbar muscles turning them into scar tissue. He indicated live nerves are trapped and will be pulled when active when I get older as arthritis sets in. Boy was he correct! Burn worse every year since 2012, I have had 14 lumbar procedures since, just everything you can think of. The only complete relief was short 1 1/2 day after 2022 epidurals. My GP was going nuts as he was running out of options. Somehow, a pain Dr. with 38 yrs. chose the SCS using Medtronic's equipment in 2022-2023. The 6 day trial gave me 60-70% relief, so they agreed to implant barrel electrodes and the stimulator, turned it on and the signal went down my legs into my heels. A happy Medtronic's rep asked over the phone, then went silent after I reminded him I've never had leg pain, only lumbar. Whoops! They waited 5 months to attempt to remove one electrode and insert a new one. Now, nothing only the left and 2" away on the right. My GP told me they couldn't get one out. What? The Dr. never told me! Two weeks later, I get a "Sorry Charlie" email from Medtronic's telling me they could no longer be of service. So Dr. won't take my phone calls, my GP had to take me off of opioids due to nasty letters from DHHS, so now in severe chronic pain (Syndrome) he moved me to Buprenorphine & Naloxone. Later, sent me to a wonderful pain clinic that after second visit, just call for meds, and come back every 3 months. Extreme Fail here! I would like to walk, now the yard and get rid of this unbelievable pain! Now headed into my mid 60's are the sending me out to pasture to quietly go away? I can't believe the sequence of events and left hanging. Do I have to find my own specialist who works with CRPS? Or just plan on a wheel chair? Help! Anyone?