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Should I have the Spinal Cord Stimulator? Looking for reviews on this
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Have you asked because I'm not sure they can offer them to you? I asked and had to sign a contract stating I wouldn't seek pain meds from another doctor. I had to pee in a cup to assure I don't abuse them. No one should suffer when we have so many different effective meds to help. That's one of the arguments against euthanasia. Can you go to another state to see a sensible pain management doctor? I'm surprised there are pain management doctors in your state with their hands are so tied.
I'm actually waiting on approval to have the Boston Scientific Wavewriter placed.
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I have seen multiple Pain Management Physicians over the course of 10-years. Not one of them have ever offered me pain medication, infact, one came right out and said "I don't prescribe Opiods" before I even had a chance to say one word to him. The Federal Government is behind this, as a result all physicians must have been warned about prescribing pain medications. It's all so very unfortunate to see so many people suffer in pain so unnecessarily. I have my first appointment with the doctor to discuss the SCS the end of the month. I'll see what becomes of it. I'm not even sure what the "requirements" are or what "approvals" are required. My physician is the one who recommended it to me, so I'm seeing him since he did all the other procedures on me and knows my health status regarding my lumbar spinal stenosis.