@morkat I'm glad that the pain pump has worked so well for you these many years. I had tried just about everything for my severe, chronic pain due to a bad ski fall in 2016. I had the Medtronic pump implanted in April of 2023 after a very successful trial using Dilaudid. I had the setting "bumped" up many times with no pain relief. I had decided last fall that I was going to reduce the setting and have it taken out. However, this spring I began thinking about how effective the trial injection was(7 down to a 2). I got the trial information and decided to take a chance and have the setting bumped up again. I am not quite back to where i was, so it will be a while before I hope to feel some relief.
How severe was your pain pre-pump? How is it post pump? I don't expect to be pain-free, but if I could get the pain down from an eight to at least a three, that would be a blessing.. It's such a slow process since I can only get the setting bumped up by ten percent each month.
Thanks for sharing your journey. Anything you can share will be greatly appreciate.