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Has anyone had the Stimwave spine stimulator installed?

Spine Health | Last Active: Jun 14, 2023 | Replies (210)

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I do not want this to influence your decision. I have a Stimwave in my upper thoracic, implanted in 2017. I am currently in the process of having Stimwave now remove it which has not been easy. The pain relief had stopped by 2018 and I discontinued use for a few months. The pain was so severe I decided to try again. By the beginning of 2019 I began falling, while completely conscious. Seizure or dystonia type activity began at the same time, even after discontinuing use right away. They believe it has migrated. I am not only in pain from my original conditions now, but also at the placement and anchored sites, with continued dyskinesia and muscle spasms, some to the point of muscle lock at the anchor site. This may have been Dr error however cannot be sure until they finally get me imaging. Good luck!

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Thank you much 🙂

Wow, I am so sorry to hear this! Although my Nevro spinal cord stimulator
was a failure, it didn’t cause any additional problems. I am now in day 8
of the Stimwave trial and can honestly say it is completely covering my
pain. But my pain is in n the right lateral cluneal nerve and I don’t know
where yours is. I purposely extended the trial out to 12 days to be
certain before I have the thing implanted. But your experience is giving
me serious doubts. I go in on Monday to have the leads pulled on the test
model. I will have a lot more questions for the doctor before agreeing to
permanent implantation.

Thank you for sharing your story!