← Return to 12 yrs of chronic pain, 14 lumbar procedures, new Rx bad!

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I just finished 18 days of steroids starting with 60mg/QD X 3 days, then 50mg/QD X 3 days etc. I’ve gone from excruciating pain that landed me in the ER to being able to walk without a cane for a few minutes at a time. Now I’m trying to do everything I neglected for months due to pain in lower back and left leg pain and weakness. I’ve have multiple steroid epidurals and 2 neuro ablations, none of which helped. I have herniated lumbar discs , facet nerve impingement and “mild” scoliosis. I was told by my pain doctor that if I continued to be in pain that my only option is surgery. He never mentioned a nerve stimulator. Has anyone with similar medical conditions had a stimulator implanted and did it work? I was told by the surgeon that if I had surgery it would be very difficult and would be a long recovery. .

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I've tried two scs types for my back pain. The first one was a Nevro which did absolutely nothing for my back pain. I inquired about reducing my pain meds after the implant and the pain management Dr stated that he had implanted hundreds( he must be wealthy by now) and no one ever gets off the meds. We'll, it's because the stimulator don't work! I did try another from Boston Scientific with the same results. I must have met with the rep weekly for at least three months before he said this is not working for me. I had it removed a short time later. Now I just have the same lumbar pain but without having this big sore lump on my ass. I'm looking for a good neurosurgeon in San Antonio that will take on my Medicare advantage plan. I guess their called advantage programs because they take advantage of their patients? I don't know your pain of course, but if you get an scs, run through your programs and if you don't get relief get it removed. I wasted four years on those things. Hope your trials come out better than mine.