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Jim, I know I’ve mentioned it before, but with the SCS and DRG stimulators not helping...
it before, but with the SCS and DRG stimulators ... not helping me, the Medtronic Pain ... Pump (now that I have a competent provider ... treatment for the rest of the chronic pain ... Looking into having my stimulators removed
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Jun 16, 2020
I am in the same situation, 5 operations and so many cortosteroid injections from L2 to...
Physical therapy continuously, pain ... I'm considering a spinal stimulator ... this but not crazy about, maybe a pain ... pump.
Support Group: Chronic Pain
Posted: Nov 6, 2025
@mtmred12 Sorry to hear your suffering. I can relate some with c5-c7 and l3-l5 fused with...
Do they know the source of your pain ... What are you currently doing for pain ... they recommend any nerve ablations or pain ... pumps/stimulators?
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Oct 27, 2025
@fred101 Sorry to learn of your plight. Have you been referred for either a spinal cord...
referred for either a spinal cord stimulator ... or a pain pump. ... how well it might help control your pain ... pump implanted. ... The pump has not helped much to date
Support Group: Neuropathy
Posted: Oct 12, 2025
Hi, Archie. Wondering if you got the spinal cord stimulator yet and if it worked for...
Wondering if you got the spinal cord stimulator ... You said that the pain pump was working ... I got significant relief from my pump ... I've been having my pump's out ... about three weeks ago and all the pain
Support Group: Chronic Pain
Posted: Sep 16, 2025
I have peripheral Neuropathy, I can't tell you how to make it better but can only...
greatly exacerbated by a Spinal cord stimulator ... returning from hospital my leg / foot pain ... spending 2 nights on the electric pump ... Im refusing the usual nerve related pain ... circulation a lot and did reduce my pain
Support Group: Neuropathy
Posted: Aug 29, 2025
Which chemo drugs are you on? Hydration usually helps, if nothing else to help protect your...
that required the 46-hour take-home pump ... infusion when I went in to have the pump ... last cycle, when I was getting the pump ... of what appetite suppressants and stimulants ... Various prescription appetite stimulants
Support Group: Pancreatic Cancer
Posted: Aug 26, 2025
I have had horrible chronic pain in my left chest/ribs for 24 years. I herniated a...
I have had horrible chronic pain in ... from nerve blocks, pain pump, spinal ... cord stimulators, acupuncture, scrambled ... Nothing relieves this pain. ... Been in pain management for 24 years
Support Group: Chronic Pain
Posted: Aug 19, 2025
I have had arachnoiditis for 50 years, but after the original diagnosis way back, then I...
over-the-counter drugs and a transcutaneous nerve stimulator ... 10 years ago, I got a spinal cord stimulator ... and maybe three years ago I got a pain ... pump which delivers me morphine. ... two implants take care of most of my pain
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Jun 24, 2025
Thank you for your thoughtful questions—and no need to apologize. I fully agree that anything touching...
implanted active devices (such as pain ... pumps or pacemakers), or those who’ ... Phototherapy, or the use of light to stimulate ... referenced uses reflective phototherapy to stimulate
Support Group: Aging Well
Posted: May 13, 2025
I’m 2 years done and doctors are baffled. I’ve been a pain patient for years and...
I’ve been a pain patient for years and ... manageable/managed by a spinal cord stimulator ... going for the trial with an internal pain ... pump.
I've had idiopathic peripheral neuropathy for about 20 years now. First drug I used was Gabapentin....
Went to see a different pain specialist ... Pain has gradually continued to increase ... almost constant use of a spinal cord stimulator ... Tonight I was looking at pain pumps
Support Group: Neuropathy
Posted: Dec 26, 2024
My name is Jay. My pain management doctor has recommended I try a spinal cord stimulator....
My pain management doctor has recommended ... I try a spinal cord stimulator. ... pump. ... about the doctor who implanted your pain ... pump.
Discussion: Pain pump failure
Support Group: Chronic Pain
Posted: Dec 14, 2024
Hello, fellow commenters. I have been a frequent visitor and commenter on this site. I am...
going for a trial of a spinal cord stimulator ... My chronic pain really began to ramp ... My implanted pain pump has done nothing ... to ease my pain. ... It doesn't have to be total pain
Support Group: Chronic Pain
Posted: Oct 16, 2024
I'm not sure if this is the place to make my comment, but here goes. I...
am suffering from extreme, chronic pain ... I had the pain from a ski fall in 2016 ... cocktail of meds and a spinal cord stimulator ... Until February of 2021, when the pain ... Finally had a pain pump implanted in
Support Group: Chronic Pain
Posted: Jul 29, 2024
I am appalled that he was given those drugs for cancer pain. I was given Lyrica...
braces and all forms of electrical stimulation ... treatment and deep brain stimulation ... According to him, implanted stimulation ... pump refilled. ... The availability of these pumps is increasing
Support Group: Chronic Pain
Posted: Jan 7, 2020