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Thanks for the kinds words. I truly hope you pain problems are properly diagnosed and fixed....
I truly hope you pain problems are properly ... me in years when arthritis sets in, pain ... after 2 decades of work and somewhat pain ... RFA Dr told have a SCS (spinal cord stimulator ... Now a pain pump!
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Jan 20 12:51am
Hi— Archie here- I asked your same question in 2009. My Pain mgt Dr told me...
My Pain mgt Dr told me I was an excellent ... candidate for an intrathecal pain pump ... Also being prepped for a Spinal Cord Stimulator
Support Group: Chronic Pain
Posted: Jan 5 7:33pm
I agree completely. If I had listened to two ortho docs 8 years ago, who told...
that could be done for my lower back pain ... Right not the pain doc who is managing ... my pain pump (which has done nothing ... to mitigate my pain) has done nothing ... scheduled for a trial of a spinal cord stimulator
I understand this completely. Until I started taking Gabapentin for my pain- I was probably suicidal....
I started taking Gabapentin for my pain ... more pain. ... When I was waiting for the stimulator ... With the stimulator, 2 Gabapentin a ... in lower legs and feet from being pumped
Support Group: Chronic Pain
Posted: Jun 26, 2024
@heisenberg34 Wishing you the best on getting answers and help. It seems like your pain pump/spinal...
It seems like your pain pump/spinal ... cord stimulator are not really helping ... and narrow down the source of your pain ... punch biopsy to know if adding to your pain
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Jun 23, 2024
My name is John, I had back surgery 25 years ago and came out worse than...
tried numerous attempts to ease my pain ... I have been to various pain clinics ... years, the latest placed a spinal cord stimulator ... changed. so I went ahead with the stimulator ... pump.
Support Group: Chronic Pain
Posted: Jun 19, 2024
I am in the same boat. I have been to more "pain management" docs than I...
I have been to more "pain management ... have tunnel vision regarding my back pain ... Spinal cord stimulator worked for a ... So I had the pain pump implanted. ... of the pump would take the time to:
Support Group: Chronic Pain
Posted: Apr 28, 2024
I know nothing about pain pumps. I assume they are made so as not to deliver...
I know nothing about pain pumps. ... What about turning off your stimulator ... I know it won’t deliver complete pain
Discussion: Pain pump failure
Support Group: Chronic Pain
Posted: Apr 14, 2024
All of my 5 siblings have told me that Gabapentin worked well for them. Unfortunately it...
Unfortunately it didn't help my CIDP pain ... Lyrica was giving me some pain relief ... I finally had a spinal cord stimulator ... it wasn't enough to handle the pain ... pump.
Support Group: Neuropathy
Posted: Mar 23, 2024
Cymbalta was original developed for depression. The reason why most doctors use this for pain management...
Before I got the stimulator, I was on ... However, once I got the stimulator, ... double stimulator. ... I almost forgot the stimulator. ... 6 years I was placed on an insulin pump
Support Group: Chronic Pain
Posted: Jan 10, 2024
I appreciate the thorough response. Having dealt with a lot of pain doctors and surgeons (I...
me to try a spinal cord stimulator, ... I understand how the pain pumps work ... The pain pumps make sense to me because ... or pain pumps, but I would prefer to ... try a pain pump before trying SCS.
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Jan 8, 2024
The anesthesiologist who implanted my 1st one in 2021 was a quack. He threaded the top...
approve Bupivicaine for intrathecal pain ... pump. ... The new pain doctor referred me to a ... Morphine) than I ever got with my stimulator ... pump if your pain is chronic &
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Jan 8, 2024
I feel your pain (pun intended). I feel while skiing back in '016. Landed hard on...
I feel your pain (pun intended). ... I have had all kinds if pain issues ... injections, nerve block, spinal cord stimulator ... (2). morphine pain pump, physical therapy ... pump and meds).
Support Group: Chronic Pain
Posted: Oct 28, 2023
That all comes with mental toughness .. I’m not blow smoke in your ears and say...
if your not active just saying my pain ... through that ever again .., there is pain ... pumps I do know someone that has one ... taken out .., also whom ever places stimulator
I had a Medtronics pain pump for 8 years, using a cocktail of morphine and a...
I had a Medtronics pain pump for 8 years ... drugs to manage chronic lower back pain ... the option of trying a spinal cord stimulator ... with the stimulator (the battery went ... The spinal cord stimulator never lived
Support Group: Chronic Pain
Posted: Jun 24, 2023
OK, let's try this again. The pain pump was surgically implanted in my abdominal wall after...
The pain pump was surgically implanted ... Those meds, along with a spinal cord stimulator ... Took several readjustments of pump&#39 ... The pain pump was a result of my own ... Is the pain pump perfect? No.
Support Group: Fibromyalgia
Posted: Jun 17, 2023
I had Tarlov cyst surgery in 2015. And a revision in 2016 due to a spinal...
Pain while sitting, standing. ... I’ve had 2 unsuccessful stimulator implants ... I’ve had 3 second opinions about a pain ... pump. ... I’m going in for a second pain pump
Support Group: Chronic Pain
Posted: Apr 20, 2023
Mine is exactly the same but I didn’t have the prostatectomy. I do have bph but...
Same thing happens excruciating pain ... I’m having a pain pump trial implant ... I’ve had 2 stimulator implanted and ... I’ve had 3 second opinions for a pain ... pump and they all suggested it could
Support Group: Chronic Pain
Posted: Apr 20, 2023