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@bilt4pain Thank you for your response. I see the pain management doctor tomorrow, hope he’s amiable to me having the pain pump. Was there a complication with your first pump? I’ve read after the implant surgery you must not lift heavy objects and limit activity. Due too my circumstances from the bone cement allergy in my TKR, pain has been a 24/7 occurrence. Now that I know it needs to be replaced, the orthopedic has said I most likely will be in more pain afterwards than I am now. Really a frustrating time for me. Wishing you the best. Sounds like you need a break from all of your surgeries.
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@dcanada54 please discuss arachnoiditis with your doc before having the pump placed. It is a complication I suffer from because of my pump. It is an inflammatory condition of the thin layer around the spine. It is progressive and there is no treatment. It causes pain and motor dysfunction and is much worse than the pain necessitating the pump. I wish someone had warned me about it before I had it placed
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I’m facing a TKR as soon as I schedule it. Not ready for an overnight hospital stay. No complications at all from first or second pump. Anytime you have your abdomen sliced open, pump, appendix, hernia etc they caution you against lifting heavy objects, especially in front of you for fear of busting I stitch inside.
However, after rereading your post it seems your pain is from your knee? And will be worse after surgery. I’m guessing your pain doc said no and has told you the pump is for spinal related chronic pain and doesn’t give you systemic pain relief. I don’t think they make localized pain pumps, like they do with Spinal Cord Stimulators (SCS). Got one of those as well. I do believe they have very small units that (I believe go in the back neck and connect to the brain) that can be implanted in various areas. I think they have one for neuropathy. So there might be a knee version of an SCS, but only used for moderate to severe chronic pain, not post operative pain. Hope that helped?