@ayankeeinnm

Hi Michael. I would recommend going ahead with the trial. It's minimally invasive, and will tell you within a week if the stimulator is the right thing for you. I had a spinal cord stimulator implant last year in June. The trial was amazing! I had been in so much pain. I had 80% or better, reduction in pain. It was hard to wait for the permanent implant. I have idiopathic peripheral neuropathy pain in my feet, a progressive disease, and my generator is set at the maximum level. If I want to go to the next level, I would begin feeling the vibration, and I want to avoid that, so I'm going to try to treat any new pain with medication.

I have the Burst DR stimulator, and give it high reviews. Using the DR technology, you don't feel the vibration like others do.

I'll be interested to hear what you decide, and if you opt to have the Burst implant, how much it helps. My understanding is that the stimulator was originally designed to treat back pain.

Is the stenosis affecting your sciatic nerve? My wife has stenosis, and is having surgery on the 23rd to enlarge the spinal canal so it's not squeezing her sciatic nerve. She's in a lot of pain, but the surgeon is very optimistic about the benefit.

Jim

Thanks, Jim.  You always seem to give good advice.  I'm having new MRIs and seeing a well reputed neurosurgeon in May about doing a procedure to relieve the stenosis pain.  I'll ask him about both procedures.  Both of
the Laser Spine people tuned me down last year because there was too much damage.  Opiodes work fairly well, but who knows the future of opiodes.  ml

@ayankeeinnm

I've tried so many medications. Every neuropathy med and a bunch of others that doctors thought they'd give a try. The only one that helped was Lyrica, but the side effects put me in the hospital. Morphine sulfate contin is the one that takes off the edge some of the time, but I need to have a higher dosage to keep up with the progressing neuropathy pain. I'm down to a low dose of 15mg three times a day, and I know it's not enough. I hope my doctor will agree to raise it when I see him on Friday.

I hope your neurosurgeon will have good news for you.

Jim

Yes, I'm considering

yes i havent gotten it yet

I have had a Nevro stimulator for 2 years and it has help with back pain. The back pain was not or has it ever been my main complaint. For over 5 years I have had ,at times extream sciatic pain that has only gotten worse over the years. It is almost a daily thing now. In the beginning it usually occurred when driving, now reclining will set it off. I have pain that is always there but it is manageable about half the time At times the pain encompasses my entire leg along with my foot. I just talked with my surgeon and after I finish with the new Nevro settings, that is about the 6th or 7th, time we my do a trial with the Boston Scientific stimulator. Has any one had experience with the Boston Scientific stimulator?

I have considered it for over a year. My dr. feels I would be a good candidate. My daughters do NOT want me to have this procedure