It's been about 2 months for me with this scs. The neurologist I went to brought it up right away. He felt more surgery would just increase my pain. So I am trying it. So far I'm just not sure. I have good days and bad days. Some days I have been able to keep going and do things I couldn't normally do. Other days it seems like the scs is causing more pain and I wind I turning it off. So I haven't come to a conclusion yet on my opinion of them. I understand how you feel. You kind of want to try anything that might stop the pain.