Anyone tried Spinal Cord Stimulation for Chronic Pain?

P.s. also have severe neuropathy due to diabetes. Don’t know which is worse.

Surgery is good for surgeons, not necessarily for patients.
Personal experiences and my general practitioner concur that everyone who has had back surgery regrets it.
Pain can make you feel desperate and depressed.
Implants and surgery are invasive and fraught with multiple points of irreversible failure. IMO.

If you have already tried everything else and you are in the regular care of a doctor and a specialist and they both concur that this is the only option left for you, that would be the scenario where it might be worth trying. Sorry you are in this situation.

I am in perfect health except for severe back pain and now neuropathy. I am a young 72 and live alone. There's a new pain medication out called Journavx. It's non opioid and I'm going to ask my pain doctor about it Wednesday. Walgreens has it. Maybe there's hope for me yet.!

Thank you for caring. I'm a young 72 year old that lives alone. I have no underlying conditions except bad back pain from generative disc disease and spinal stenosis.
This all started 10 years ago with my first back surgery, a fusion. Got worse ever since. Only Norco helps now.

There is always hope Linda. Don’t get too excited as disappointment is destructive to mental health. It’s just another option to try 🤞

Having watched my son on a 10 year rollercoaster of excitement and disappointment, he has settled on an opioid pain patch that delivers micrograms consistently instead of milligrams sporadically.

Read everything you can about Journavx and if you still want to try it, start at the lowest dose.
I’m sure everyone will be interested in your experience with it.
(We are all unique and age, body weight and co-factors all add to the complexity.)

I've heard that some people don't feel any relief. I did find out by trial and error though that some devices use high frequency and others use lower frequency and newer models can handle low and high frequencies. Have you been using the higher frequency settings? Or lower?

Omg. My pharmacist just told me about that medication yesterday and I was so interested! Apparently she doesn't carry it at my pharmacy but I can't wait to hear how other people respond to the med.

I am 73 and have a Boston Scientific for CRPS in both legs and feet. I did my homework on different ones and decided on this because I can get an MRI if I required one. I have had several MRI's and had no problems with the implant other than when it needs recharged I get discomfort in my back. I went to a teaching hospital (UNC) for my assessment. Very clad I did that because of the options I received. I will tell you the rep I had with them initially was not any good. I did end up with another one in my hometown who was excellent and explained a lot more about how it functions to me. She also was able to adjust it to meet my needs. Customer Service at the Home office has been excellent when I've called. I have had mine for 4 years. When I get an episode with my CRPS I pull my remote out of my pocket and crank it up a pinch until the episode settles down. I do have to recharge my back about every two weeks. It takes about two hours each time. My remote gets charged maybe monthly and it's a matter of possibly an hour.

@grannyzoo I also have the Boston Scientific mine was put in my back below the waist line. Luckily I’ve only charged it a couple times since I had it put in Jan 17th, hopefully I’ll figure out a better way to charge it the belt that you put the charger in isn’t designed the greatest it’s hard at times to keep it lined up to charge while setting in the recliner.

What I finally learned from my second representative is the importance of ensuring that it gets air while charging. I placed a pillow on the left side of my back while sitting in the kitchen chair. My experience with the first representative was very disappointing. He actually left the building during one of my appointments, but fortunately, I arrived an hour early, and the doctor's office was able to catch him while he was still in the area. My new representative is fantastic! Erin, my new rep, has adjusted mine several times to meet my changing needs. She is wonderful! I wish you the very best!