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Hi, I'm Pat, a 79 year old female. Back pain got bad in 2017. While trying to find the cause of that pain I lifted something to heavy and cause a herniated disk. That led to surgery to fix that, si joint fusion, and then disk fusion of L2-L4. The fusion was because of scoliosis that I was told was progressing too fast. Nothing has stopped the original pain I started out with. I am on hydrocodone and gababentin and muscle relaxers. I am now trying a Stimwave spinal cord stimulator. Not feeling great about it yet. Has anyone else had experience with any of these stimulators? @pat79
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This is the go to now a days, 10 day trial run with floating wire, your so sore, from placement that you do get better from placement pain, you do get better for about 6 months and then certain percent of people say no longer works, then you have permanent wire by then that can’t be removed, research research, also studies I’ve read show it does not help SI pain, this used to be offered after surgery, now is being offered before surgery, I spoke to multiple doctors, some for some against, I would want a longer trial period myself, but that may not be option due to fibrins forming on wire and unable to remove or secure
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I just begged Ortho surg just the past week as pain was so bad now I wanted to try spinal cord stimulator……he said it works for some & not others & once again wait longer…..I don’t think they realize that we have no quality of life & surgery didn’t help.
Another friend of mine said it didn’t help her.