Hello!
I am an almost 53 year old woman who has been in chronic pain from nerve damage and scar tissue from 4 surgeries in a 2 year span, 3 of them abdominal. In 2014 was my first surgery. The most intense surgery of all. However, after my 3rd is when I couldn't bear the pain AT ALL!! Seen many Dr's, Gastrointestinaists, surgeons and finally a pain Dr that during our first consult in 2016, immediately noticed that I was pulling at my shirt so it didn't touch my skin. I really never paid attention to that mannerism. He suggested a Boston Scientific Spinal Stimulater and would lead the wire leads to my abdomen. It sounded to good to be true. No pain meds (with no relief from them), just an external 2 week trial and a seminar with other patients who did it, and some interested. I brought my Husband and Daughter to the seminar and decided to do the trial. Well, I went for it after the trial. Had the battery and wire leads on my spine and wrapped around to my abdomen. I loved it the first year. Then it got to be a little problematic keeping everything charged. Mine is an older version that is not MRI compatible, but they have been calling me to change the battery which is now smaller an MRI compatible and to realign the abdominal leads.
I don't know if I was just super desperate for pain relief and had the implant, or it did really work. I am now going to go through with the revised product and really stick to using it. My remote is old, it needs a revision for sure. Shame on me for not continuously keeping the remote and internal battery charged because it seemed to work. I just became a new grandmother a year later and just didn't comply the correct way. I know the Company is different than yours, but I've done my share of research and most of them are similar in their abilities. But with that being said, my pain didn't get worse or better by not using it. Other stomach complications are in the picture for me now, nothing related to the initial problem. So, I still wonder that I wasn't complying for about 4 -5 years, did I really need it in the first place? Because it's called a Spinal stimulater, most would think it's ONLY for the spine, but it's for all areas of our bodies where stimulation is needed. I have scoliosis, but no problems with that. I'm not sure I would do it again if I went back in time. However, it's in my body, most surgeons will not ever remove it unless of an infection or something serious. So that's why I'm contemplating just doing the revision. Sorry, probably wasn't much help, but it is (usually) permanent regardless what they tell you. Good luck to you and I REALLY hope you find relief.