@lisajanec I was put in a twilight sleep so I didn't have pain when they inserted the trial leads however for the next four days I was in extreme pain from the surgical site not from the thoracic region where my original pain was coming from. I just had the permanent implant on January 23rd and they turned it on January 28th and I had so much pain from the surgery which I was not expecting. The Med Tronics representative told me it could take up to two weeks to begin actually working on stopping the pain signals from reaching my brain so I am still having to avoid everything that triggers my pain and take pain medication. I am just waiting to see if it works. I had great results in the trial, no pain at all in the thoracic spine just horrid pain from the surgery to put the leads in my spine, so I am praying this kicks in and blocks the pain signals. If it works it will be the first time in six years where I can function normally again. I have already undergone 3 cervical surgeries and 3 lumbar surgeries but there was nothing in the thoracic spine that indicated surgery would help. So my last ditch attempt was the SCS.