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Has anyone tried the HF10 Spinal Cord Stimulation Device?
Has anyone tried a device called HF10 ? It’s a device which stimulates your spinal cord to help relieve back and leg pain. After a trial period of about a week, if the patient is achieving good results the device is implanted in the person. My pain management doctor has recommended it to me for arm and hand nerve pain. I would like to hear from anyone who has used this device and especially from anyone who has used it for arm and hand pain. Thank you.
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I am not taking Statin. I sometimes take some magnesium before bed however I think it's the nerve that's being constantly pressed on that's causing the throbbing not so much the lack of vitamins.
If I were you, I'd stick with the magnesium and potassium before bedtime. The other thing to consider is if you have some compressed vertebrae in your lower back that can lead to cramping at night. I never realized I had compressed vertebrae on my lower back until I had a CT scan for something else - a kidney cyst - and that also revealed my lower 5 vertebrae were all compressed. And I was having regular cramping from that at night until I went to the magnesium/potassium supplements before bedtime. It doesn't take more than one bulging disc that results in a pinched nerve in one's back that results in some severe cramping at times. There aren't many treatments that help back problems other than epidurals, although now they have an implant, Nevro HF10 that blocks the pain signals the spine sends out. But, you may not really have a back problem anyway. It'd be nice for you to know. CT scans can show a lot of things in the body that otherwise would never be known about.
I think you need to rely on the advice and experience of your pain management doctor to be able to have more confidence in the Nervo HF10 back implant. The patient experiences I've read about are very positive. Doesn't last forever tho, maybe a year or two at best.
It's the implant called Nevro HF10. https://hf10.com/ He's located in Irvine, CA. Dr. Rafizad. He's had good patient experience with it since March 2017. Sorry, I have no further info on it. I don't think it is a spinal cord stimulator, rather, it blocks the pain signals the spine generates for whatever reason(s), such as spinal arthritis/bone spurs and/or compressed vertebrae.
Nevro HF10. https://www.hf10.com/
I've have tried just about all of the manufacturer's of all the SCS'S. One helped Boston Scientific about 50% reduction the pain in my toes, however bothersome parathesia came with it, so I had it removed two months later. Perhaps, I should have given it more time. The company reps can do adjustments. I don't think it caused any serious side effects.
Your wife should ask the doctor if she can talk with a couple of the patients who had similar pain if she could talk with them. Some doctor's will ask the patients if he could give their phone numbers. Some doctor's who are truthful about their great success will do that. Most patients will give permission.
What is parathesia ? What is your diagnosis ? Anyway, thanks for the info.
Thank you for your comment. I do have stenosis which is a nerve being pinched I also have other impingements and I have had a CT scan, numerous mri's so I have been through the mill with imaging. I have severe osteoporosis which prevents me from having just a laminotomy which could help, but unfortunately due to this severe osteoporosis and spondylitis I can't have surgery at least not now. I know I am misspelling things i'm just dictating into my computer and it doesn't always spell things correctly, ha ha.
They're trying the HFX on me. My pain management doctor said the battery can last up to 10 years, but tomorrow I'm just having the trial which they leave it in for a week to see if it can help me and then I can volunteer to have the permanent one put in.