That all comes with mental toughness .. I’m not blow smoke in your ears and say it’s a breeze I had one mine .. ( Paddle ) type with leads for all over body coverage I have Spinal Arachnoiditis you will not be able to lift up like you normally would for a 2-weeks mean literally…, I was 50 when I had my trial and 2 months a permanent implant last 8 months and came loose from my spine and had to have emergency surgery and that was 3-weeks later for emergency surgery better think long and hard before you have one placed permanently… Can’t get any MRI’s anymore and if you can it will have to be a place that has a MRI with lower power some places have them most don’t I ran into that where hospital wasn’t able to do any and had to run to a specific location.., big hassle only certain MRI’s can be done when those leads our in because it will mess the implanted battery and leads have to worry about the leads migrating even if your not active
just saying my pain is 10 all the time 24/7 …. 7 days a week never shuts off I would never go through that ever again .., there is pain pumps I do know someone that has one and he likes it I opted to never have a foreign object installed in me ever again I went through Heck and back you have to ask yourself is the risk worth the reward !!!! The trial was better then the permanent solution that’s how they get yeah pulled in recovery is all mentally you will have staples in your back top and on your side
it took about 6 months to recover by the 8 month it came loose .., just realize that there all about placing them but when things go south you’ll have to fight with insurance company to get taken out .., also whom ever places stimulator if something did go wrong no other surgeon will even touch it you would have to go to the same doc that placed that implant in you .. All I can say is good luck with your decision the stories you here our real each to there own I don’t care how many times they tell me I’ve put hundreds of these in yeah ok
you no the risks so it’s your decision. I really didn’t want to reply but I think one needs to know
so I just told you my story it’s your health , your body , good luck with your decision