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Spinal Cord stimulator battery pain
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@cman55
The Boston Scientific SCS I had implanted in Dec 2023 was done with the laminectomy/paddle placement at T10/11. The wire leads run from that to the battery pack in my right glute. I have had a lot of nerve pain relief thankfully.
You may have mentioned earlier but did your wife go through a trial of the SCS with a pain doc? That is how mine started and based on the success of that I moved forward with the surgery. Post surgery pain was a lot since it covered mid back down to glute. It was hard to lay down on my back, so spent a lot of time sleeping on my side. But that temporary pain was worth the long term gain.
Best of luck to you.
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@choosejoy Yes she went through a 6 day trial, and received what she guessed was 50% relief.
However, the implanting surgery did not give that kind of relief. I'm glad you got relief, but it doesn't happen for some people. Her injury was a crack in L5 a Kyphoplasty Spine Jack procedure, many injections, ablation, epidural, and finally a SCS. Lot's of Meds being tried now that causes her to be unsteady. She has Osteoporosis, and that is why her L5 fracture happened because of falling on hard tile. So lot's of different factors I am theorizing can lead to different outcomes with a SCS. The Doctor that did the Kyphoplasty after the pain continued, and became more pins, and needles did an MRI that we requested said "I don't see anything Wrong". Basically translated I did my job. Bye.