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I was wondering on Spinal Cord Stimulation Results whether positive or negative. I had first back surgery in 2018 “ Triple Laminectomy “ Second back surgery in 2022 “ C2-T1 Decompression & Fusion “ Between those two surgeries I have had physical therapy, 20 multiple level cortisone injections, 8 epidurals-Never Again! If you know than you know! Was going to receive further surgical intervention But was diagnosed with Ankylosing Spondylitis, So No surgeon will intervene unless life or death intervention is necessary. Next intervention was pain management 30 mg morphine every 6 hours then upgraded to dilaudid 4 mg every 6 hours. Pain control went from 10 everyday to 8 But long term pain management was not controlled. Surgeon sent me to Pain & Spine to get evaluated for Spinal Cord Stimulator, After attending the appointment was told by the Doctor that he believed with my MRI images that he thought I would only get 10-15% relief max & recommended that it wasn’t even worth having the procedure done. I have relocated to a different state & have had to redo my medical evaluation. Upon my evaluation national brain & spine was referred to Spinal Specialist for a pain management pump. When getting evaluated by the doctor, I was told that the pain pump was not effective that it only lasted 5 years after which no other pain management program would manage my pain care, He recommended that I have a Spinal Cord Stimulation Trial, I will be having the trial in about 4 weeks. I am not really expecting anything from this trial especially considering what the previous pain management doctor discussed with me about his opinion on the management of my pain with the Spinal Cord Stimulation.

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I felt so good when i had the trial SCS in i could walk and stand without pain but then found out I could not have a permanent SCS put in, good luck to you

@wtaylor1028 When they initially put in my SCS in 2006 I didn't think it was working. It was already implanted so I kept it. When I was taken off of good pain meds and put onto suboxone by the VA then I could tell the SCS was working to some extent because I was getting very little help from the new med. Best treatment would be for the SCS and pain meds to work together which it was doing when the VA put me on Fentenyl patches with the SCS. When they took veterans off the pain meds, fentenyl patch, and put them on the suboxone (worthless) they screwed a lot of veterans. All because druggies misused it and died. Really dissatisfied with the VA.