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Anyone tried Spinal Cord Stimulation for Chronic Pain?

Neuropathy | Last Active: Jan 31 9:35pm | Replies (410)
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@johnbishop

Hi @jimhd, It is really good to hear from you and how you are doing. Thank you for sharing. I'm hoping others will be able to share their experience with the Burst DR spinal cord stimulator implant. I did see an article from Jan 2019 about the Burst DR stimulator. Have you seen it?

New Data Reinforce Benefits of Abbott's BurstDR™ Spinal Cord Stimulator
-- https://abbott.mediaroom.com/2019-01-19-New-Data-Reinforce-Benefits-of-Abbotts-BurstDR-Spinal-Cord-Stimulation-for-People-Living-with-Chronic-Pain

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Jim, Volunteer Mentor | @jimhd | Aug 13, 2019

Thanks for the link. I just read that article a couple of days ago.

I turned my stimulator off on Sunday morning to see if it's actually helping in reducing the burning pain in my feet. I didn't notice any difference until today. I think the pain is a little worse, but it's hard to know because they always hurt more when I'm on my feet very much. I think I'll have to give it more time to really know. If it gets too bad I'll turn it back on.

Lidocaine cream numbs the pain for a couple of hours. I mostly use it at bedtime to get to sleep, but I don't use it very often because it's so expensive. I save it for the really bad nights.

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