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Hello. @reeneyed girl721. You are not alone in your painful circumstances. After a ski fall eight years ago, I also felt like I was sitting on "hockey pucks". Even through all my treatments, that feeling has never left me. Unfortunately, most pain docs do not have the time, compassion(as @philipsnowden has mentioned), and EMPATHY. My current pain doc has thirteen patient rooms. They are generally full when I go. Ten minutes is the usual visit time for me. How do you deal with patients' issues in ten minutes? After a year he still does not know my name or what caused my condition until he rushes in and scans his notes. Quite disheartening. I really wish you some kind of success in finding relief with the spinal cord stimulator. I had one that worked quite well for a couple of years. I am going for a consult this week with my neurosurgeon to see about having a newer, more sophisticated model implanted.

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I concur that it's challenging to find someone who will consider your situation comprehensively. After an extensive search using Google, ChatGPT, blood labs, and symptom analysis, I managed to identify some potential causes. I compiled a summary sheet outlining my goals for the appointment, including the lab tests I believed would be beneficial. My doctor concurred with most of them and provided explanations for a few. To my surprise, my doctor dedicated a full hour to our meeting and commended my thorough preparation, which led to progress on several issues. However, the primary concern remains my coccydynia and lower back pain, for which a solution has been elusive despite consultations with my primary physician, an orthopedic surgeon, and spine and pain specialists. It's quite exasperating. It was hopeful to hear your neurostimulator helped for a few years. I hope you can get an updated model and get some relief.