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The stimulator quit working and the stimulator was moving close to my spine for some unknown...
The stimulator quit working and the ... stimulator was moving close to my spine ... between that and the surgery to put the Pain ... Pump put in I tried every cream, lotion
Support Group: Chronic Pain
Posted: Dec 28, 2025
@josh1776 Man, you've had such a terrible time. Have any doctors discussed a spinal cord stimulator...
any doctors discussed a spinal cord stimulator ... or pain pump? ... lot of people relief from chronic pain
Support Group: Brain Tumor
Posted: Jan 13 9:59am
@donfeld Amazon might have it. Or try Kindle. Does the stimulator work for you? I have...
Does the stimulator work for you? ... When you say pump, what medicine is ... It is not helping my pain. ... What should I do for pain?
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Feb 2 6:15pm
@srquser Keep up the PT. I am having another X-Ray for scoliosis done, and then I...
It seems like my pain pump doesn&#39 ... considered having it removed and a spine stimulator ... Being in pain is so absolutely unbearable
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Feb 6 3:44pm
I've been taking 3200mg per day of gabapentin and the maximum dose is 3600mg per day...
seizures,neuropathy, fibromyalgia, pain ... I have a pain pump but I'm considering ... a SCS (spinal cord stimulator as well
Support Group: Neuropathy
Posted: Jan 31 7:18pm
@akaaki Thanks for responding. I have had several MRIs, going back to 2016. Unfortunately, in the...
It seems like my pain is from severe ... mid 2018 with meds and a spinal cord stimulator ... I am 90% certain that I will get pain ... relief from my pain pump if I can get
Support Group: Chronic Pain
Posted: Dec 29, 2025
@heisenberg34 Hey and thanks for your reply and for sharing your experience. May I ask, do...
In comparison, last year my pain was ... of control that I got a spinal cord stimulator ... to aid with the pain. ... In order for me to see a 6 on the pain ... Crps pain especially will knock you
Support Group: Chronic Pain
Posted: Feb 20 1:05pm
I have been in science related work until retirement ten years ago. Medical technologist for about...
injections, ablations, meds, a spinal cord stimulator ... , and lastly my pain pump which was ... It was the day after getting my pump ... Then, the next morning, all my pain ... BTW I have a Medtronic’s pain pump.
Discussion: Pain pump failure
Support Group: Chronic Pain
Posted: Feb 8 3:09pm
@scampano3 I am so glad to hear your positive spirit of not giving up. I am...
Sounds like the spinal cord stimulator ... I had a pain pump implanted in 2023. ... The trial dropped my pain from about
Support Group: Chronic Pain
Posted: Jan 1 11:00am
@mina2021 i researched the pump last night...im thinking about it, but battery pack from Stimulator caused...
@mina2021 i researched the pump last ... thinking about it, but battery pack from Stimulator ... caused me horrendous pain so I dont
Support Group: Chronic Pain
Posted: Dec 29, 2025
@mina2021 im in excruciating spine pain from a removed spinal cord stimulator, and other issues, I...
@mina2021 im in excruciating spine pain ... from a removed spinal cord stimulator ... wouldn't have the courage to do a pump ... after my body rejected the Stimulator ... thought of living with this excruciating pain
Support Group: Chronic Pain
Posted: Dec 28, 2025
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