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Should I have the Spinal Cord Stimulator? Looking for reviews on this
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I have had a Laminectomy and a L3-4-5 spinal fusion 4-months ago. Prior to these surgeries, I had met with previous Pain Management doctors and every one of them "pushed" the SCS on me. As a nurse, I read the literature and watched the video, and made the decision that there was no way I was going to have that SCS implanted in me. Now here I am a few years later, just had 2 back surgeries, and am now seeing yet a new Pain Management Physician for my SI joint pain ---- and even he is now pushing the SCS on me. This is total qwackery and a huge money maker! And I'm not going to fall into that trap.
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I agree, it's just a money maker for them. I did the trial for the Nevro and it didn't do much of anything, maybe a .5 percent help and the pain Dr I saw for it called me the day after I had the trial taken out and told me I had to decide asap if I wanted the permanent one! Now I have a different problem, that is I had a laminotomy almost seven months ago which for the first three months after was great, but now I am having twitching and spasms in my legs and developing foot drop. The surgeon says I may need a fusion which I am very nervous about because I have Osteoporosis. I don't know who to trust anymore.