Has anyone tried the HF10 Spinal Cord Stimulation Device?
Has anyone tried a device called HF10 ? It’s a device which stimulates your spinal cord to help relieve back and leg pain. After a trial period of about a week, if the patient is achieving good results the device is implanted in the person. My pain management doctor has recommended it to me for arm and hand nerve pain. I would like to hear from anyone who has used this device and especially from anyone who has used it for arm and hand pain. Thank you.
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@ariellalevymurray Welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect. Happy to have you.
You said, "thats the plan for me. I'll give a review when i get it."
Would you tell me a bit more about that?
Well, please do it asap! It makes no sense for you to be getting no relief if there’s something they can change to help you relieve your pain! I know sometimes things feel overwhelming when pain is ever present, but you need to keep slogging on! Maybe ask a friend or trusted family member to accompany you for emotional support?
Don’t wait, do it. For your own sake!
@bkruppa most ppl who have similar conditions to your wife's diagnosis according to what you wrote about the pudeal nerve in or around her sacrum area's. I'm not sure of the exact wording, for that I apologize. However I wanted to explain that there are many different conditions similar to your wife's issues that point to other area's that most ppl do not think could affect & cause similar areas to experience pain. Does she lose her bowels? If not that's not her issue. Also Taking Gabapentin aka Neurontin doesn't help has she tried Pregablin aka Lyrica also for nerve pain & diabetic Neuropathy.
Even Cymbalta works for some ppl. Has she tried a procedure called Rhizotomy or Radio Frequency Ablation yet? Ask your Neurologist & try to find a Neurosurgeon to look at all her MRI'S X-Rays etc.
I wish you & your wife less pain. I'm currently assisting my Husband w/his adjustment of his brand new Nevro HF10 Senza SCS which was implanted in January 18th, 2021.
He is at program #2 & level 3 & he is doing ALOT better. Pain & neuropathy levels dwn he already has about 70% RELEIF in his entire body, including his feet & toes. Im so happy for him. With this Brand you bring your remote & open up the back of remote there is a red button it turns everything off. This is great because you can use an X-ray & MRI, & CT Scans. & When done you put it back on. There is no parethesia but it is on, & just releif, but if there is cramping then it means it's overstimulated. Then he lowers the strength thru remote. But we call the Reps & they're more than willing to fix or answer any issue's. I wish you both well.
@msstoppainnaggiinfo
I am rooting for your husband to continue getting this level of relief. I have heard many stories of different people's results with implanted stimulators and they seem to be all over the map. I know of at least a couple of people who are thrilled with their results after a fairly long time. Quite a number seem to have had good results at first but less so after a period of time (usually a month up to a few months). Having heard a few horror stories from some people my wife, who suffers PN in her feet, has opted not to get one herself and I doubt anything will ever change her mind. She feels the risk of making things worse seems too great. Best, Hank
bill ref your post of dec 2019 i just had the stim wave pts done this week feb 25 2021, so far i belive some relive in lower back pain but left hip seems more painful . talked to rep to give it about 4 days to adjust i see the dr march 11,
Thanks Jerry. Good luck and Keep us posted
good morning marty ,had the stimwave feb pns installed feb 25 2021 ,for lower left back and left hip does not seem to be working, will the doctor and rep ,march 11. talk to rep friday , may be neads some program adjustment will talk to rep again tue march 2,
Thank you. Perhaps you'll need an adjustment or two before it starts working for you.
thanks
Study Results for the upper limb and neck pain study with the Nevro HF10 implants by Dr. Kas Armirdelfan MD
https://academic.oup.com/neurosurgery/article/87/2/176/5650846