Anyone tried Spinal Cord Stimulation for Chronic Pain?

Tank you for the information regarding the Spinal Card Stimulation. My only question has to do with the numbness pain, tingling and pins and needles pain sensation in both legs, feet fro the waist on down. Does this stimulation help with those pains?
Thanks in advance for your reply.
Fred

@goetf4997 Sorry that I don't have an answer for you Fred, but I suggest that you contact Vladimir N. Kramskiy, MD
Assistant Attending Neurologist, Hospital for Special Surgery who authored the article. The Hospital for Special Surgery is in New York City, and interestingly, is the only hospital that outranks Mayo in Orthopedics.

Fred a great story was recently posted on Mayo Clinic Sharing about a patient that had success with a Spinal Cord Stimulator implant. This may help with your discussion with your provider of choice.
https://sharing.mayoclinic.org/2018/10/26/putting-pain-in-the-past/

Thanks so much for posting this. My pain management doctor has recommended this and I’m trying to get as much information as possible about this before my next appointment. This was very helpful.

@steeldove In the news: https://www.apnews.com/00ee132f28e64d5abad5e2d64f469556

I don't get on here as much as I'd like. Pain. Job. Life. But man, what a blessing this web-site, community is. Thanks for being here for us, Mayo!

I’d like to echo what you said. This site is the BEST! The information is so helpful! It’s nice to know I am not alone and there’s a place I can go to to get some answers. My heart breaks for those who suffer so much more than I do. You are in my prayers! Finally, thanks to the moderators and volunteers for your helpful comments and advice!

Hello, I’m having a pain stimulator, trial, April 15th. I have a failed back surgery and my legs hurt so bad
it’s hard to move around. My back also has pain because the cage has back out, I’m very this so this also causes pain. Have any of you or know someone who has stimulator for pain?

Hi @user_chf56161a you may have noticed I moved your post to the Chronic Pain (https://connect.mayoclinic.org/group/pain/) group, in order for your post to be seen by more Connect members who may have used a pain stimulator.

I wanted to tag fellow Connect members @jmjlove and @ealanddtc as they both have experience with pain stimulator's and may be able to share their experiences with you.

Back to you @user_chf56161a how were you able to get into the pain stimulator trial? Was it something your doctor suggested or were you able to find it yourself?

Hi,
Yes, I have a regular Stimulator (5 years ago) and a DRG (Dorsal Root Ganglion) Stimulator (3 years ago) .
I know many people that say that they get life changing results with the stimulators.
Unfortunately I was not one of them.

My trials were amazing, but when the leads healed into place they did not provide much help for me.

I just had a Medtronic Pain pump put in ~2 weeks ago and it is working very well so far (they are still titrating up the dosage).

2 pieces of advice.
1) Find out ALL your possible alternatives so you can make an informed decision (many Dr.s only work with one brand and so do not offer the others as options).
2) Be sure you get all the background on the Dr. putting it in as they may not actually be the best. (my first Stim unit was revised 3 times. then I moved to another state and I found out there was a way that they could have placed it correctly but since it takes 45 more min on the table they did not, so they did it again)

When I was advised to do the Stim units that is all I was told there were - and I may still have tried them.
However, since over the years the only med that helped was dilaudid, it would have been nice to know that there was an alternative out there that could be as or more effective.

Again, this is my story. Lots of others out there.

I am not trying to discourage you, but for the stim units it really depends on what position the leads finally heal into place and your personal nerve quirks.

I wish you the best.
Carl