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I've had my spinal cord stimulator 8 weeks and feel the surgery a failure. I would love 50% pain relief in lower back, but not happening. Neurosurgeon wants to go back in to make a repair and I am skeptical of it helping.
Plus going through it again. It was extremely painful.
I am also thinking of having it removed totally. Would not do this again,
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My pain specialist did 10 non-evasive procedures on my cronic back pain that started 10 years ago from a spinal fusion of L5/S1. The last thing that he did was a spinal stimulator, which I heard from two people that it worked on them. I gave it four months with no relief. The doctor removed it. Recently I had a neurosurgeon do a Laminectomy and Disectomy because I have spinal stenosis and degenerative disc disease. I was doing well, but in the last two weeks, I've had terrible numbness and tingling on both legs. My pain was only on my left side. Had an MRI on Friday and waiting for an appointment to discuss these new feelings.
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Those eight weeks after the SCS implantation is rough; I understand.
As far as the neurosurgeon going back in and revise/repair, I don't think I would have it done as well. Possibly work with the rep's and see about reprograming. However, I am not sure the neurosurgeon will be pleased to remove it so quickly, 8-12 weeks later, without a sufficient try.