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Should I have the Spinal Cord Stimulator? Looking for reviews on this
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@chrismhampton
Sorry to hear about the pain.
My experience with a Stimulator is that my wife had one put in after having 5 fusions and was still a lot of pain even with opiods.
It seemed to work for a while and then got less and less effective with time. This seems to be common.
She had it removed during the next fusion. Definately not a guaranteed help but is pushed really hard by the pain docs as there is a ton of money in these thing.
My thoughts would be to try to figure out what is causing your pain specifically and try to treat that if possible, as a stimulator is just covers pain up.
Good Luck
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@jlssurplus I totally agree! I kept my SCS a little over a year & had it removed. I was tired of having the programs readjusted & charging the battery every week when it never helped!