Spinal Cord Stimulation for chronic back pain

Nevro spinal stimulator has been very helpful for me after spinal fusion and failed back syndrome. No more spinal pain for about 10 years.

I switched it out for a Nevro SCS. That did nothing for my pain. I just had a morphine pain pump implanted about 2 weeks ago. They start on a very low dose and then you go back for a few visits to up the med dosage until you hit the best dosage level. I had my first adjustment last week and am going back for the second adjustment this coming Tuesday.

I hope you get relief without having to have too many visits to get pain relief. Don't become discouraged if you have to get many increases. That's what happened to me. I had many increases and did not feel any relief. I was feeling discouraged, so I began to have the dosage decreased with the thought of having the device removed. Then I found out out low I started at and how high some people have had to go. Well, I started back up. Last week, after almost two and a half years of going up, down, and up again, I actually had my first real pain relief. It only lasted a day, but I am hoping that further increases will help me. I am assuming that you had a successful trial with morphine. Morphine did not help. They had to use hydromorphone/ It dropped my pain from about a seven down to about a 2.
Wishing you much success on your pain journey!

Thank for the comments. I have found the right settings I’m on a low setting which works and that is all that matters !!! It has been 9 days and I have not took pain meds since day 2. I was on oxycodone and it makes me itch too much.

I was recently diagnosed with moderate cervical spinal stenosis at C5-C6. My whole spine is full of arthritis with neuroforminal stenosis, disc bulges, osteophytes, etc. I went to a neurosurgeon for low back pain and discovered that all the falling and concussions aren't because of having Meinere's Disease, which I presumed. After a MRI of my cervical spine, the surgeon explained that my lack of balance, falling, lack of gripping with my hands, abnormal hand and arm reflexes, and more is because the arthritis is so bad it is squeezing my spinal cord and causing all the issues I have had for six or so years. He said I needed surgery asap. That freaked me out. The whole thing freaks me out. I see it as a lose, lose situation. If I don't have surgery to replace the vertebrae, I will get worse until I am paralyzed from the neck down. If I have the surgery, there is a less than 1% chance of something going wrong and I end up paralyzed from surgery. Small chance, but it is a chance. I have a reprieve until August. Meanwhile, my neck is hurting, and I have a headache that feels like my brain is going to explode with trouble seeing with my glasses on. This is a relatively new symptom. I just had my annual eye exam and an endoscopy. All the problems can be attributed to the spinal stenosis at C5/C6. What's a person supposed to do?

I had a Medtronics SCS for Chronic nerve pain. Along with my prescribed pain meds, it did a good job of mitigating my pain. I could do almost everything that I was doing prior to my skiing accident. Then in Feb of 2021 (three years after implantation), it just stopped working. After 2 years of seeing 8 or 9 pain specialists, and 2 chiropractors, with no relief in sight, I had a pain pump pump implanted. It's on a fairly low setting, so no real pain relief yet. I am hoping to find decent pain mitigation after a few more adjustments.