<br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br>Hi Justin,<br>I think I understand what you were saying earlier about weighing in.<br>My experiences with injections are mixed.  While they were the only thing I was aware of, it was so wonderful to have that. Then when I moved and had to find another Pain Dr.  I was fortunate enough to find one that had different ideas on treatment for my<br> condition.  He did a couple of injections, then changed medications and the very first injection was amazing.  I walked out of the procedure with no pain and did not have to have another injection for a little over 9 months.  I do not remember what he changed.<br>  Then he said that I was a perfect candidate for a spine stimulator.  I researched it and after many painful sleepless days and nights I decided to have the stimulator implanted.  I went thru a 2 week trial first to see if I would benefit from it, and it was<br> wonderful  I was sent to an neurosurgeon to have it implanted.  I was so thrilled about how it worked and was told by the neurosurgeon that it would get even better.  It has. I no longer have the pain in my right hip and leg.  It was crippling before the implant,<br> and now it is almost non-existent.  Now I have stenosis above that area the stimulator helps, and I have bone spurs going into my spine again, so surgery is something I will have to consider.  Thanks to "Maria's" message to me, she has experienced good results<br> from fusion in her back and knows of others that have had good results.  I have been told that the spine stimulator will need to stay for other issues, fine with me.  I feel like pretty soon I will be bionitic because of all the implants.  he he<br>Any info I can offer, of course I will.  I try not to be too needy or talk too much.  So I tend not to be on this site all the time.<br><br><br><br><br>PEACE AND LOVE...JJ <br><br><br>

Good for you! Wish I had be candidate for stimulator. Spine is too curved to get leads in.