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All I can see is onward! The sooner you turn off your SCS the sooner you know if it is working at all and how much.
Then y’all can adjust your SCS and know what you have for relief even if you don’t feel like. I had to do it.
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@faithwalker Renee, I am seriously considering shutting off my DRG if yesterday's adjustment does not work. I am supposed to call my ABBOTT rep in a week, to let her know if I see any change in pain level, so I will respect her wishes. After a week, she told me to wait one more week, and see her again for another adjustment. I think at this time, I will just shut off. I am frightened, however. But logically, it is the only way of knowing this machine does anything. Also, I did not know the leads of the trial are different than the leads in the real deal. Terrible. This could explain why the trial helped, and the real deal does not. I will never know for sure. Lori Renee
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@lorirenee1 @faithwalker007
I turned off my SCS for the month of March and felt no increase in pain. When I turned it back on a month later, there was no observable change. I turned it off another time for an MRI, and realized weeks later that I'd forgotten to turn it back on. Obviously, it's doing nothing at all for me. I leave it on, even though I know it's not treating my pain.
Jim