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Trade in that stimulator for an implanted pain pump and get some real relief. Drugs from...
Trade in that stimulator for an implanted ... pain pump and get some real relief. ... Drugs from a pump are 300 times more ... into your spine does a lot to make pain
Support Group: Chronic Pain
Posted: Apr 13, 2018
I am 66 years old and have been a pain patient for about 30 years. I...
I am 66 years old and have been a pain ... M Health Pian Clinic where I had a pump ... I’ve been a pain patient for more than ... stopped working and then they gave me my pump ... replace your drugs or your spinal stimulator
Support Group: Chronic Pain
Posted: Feb 9, 2018
I trialed a scs device which is an electrical stimulator and it did not yield results...
scs device which is an electrical stimulator ... and it is an excellent way to get pain ... I am going to have the medtronic pain ... pump installed and hope that it will ... relieve my thoracic pain from a failed
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: May 20, 2017
People not understanding what pain does to you and the hopelesness feeling you have about it...
I have a pain pump with Hydromorphone ... and Fentanyl pumping the drugs into ... I just had my old Spinal Cord Stimulator ... had gone thru 4 or 5 programs on the stimulator ... Pump and both stimulators it will be
Support Group: Chronic Pain
Posted: May 19, 2016
I had my pain pump implanted last year (Medtronics). What drives me crazy is that after...
I had my pain pump implanted last year ... that after several increases in the pump ... How can a pain pump not work better ... My pain management doc says the pump ... have my nonfunctional spinal cord stimulator
Support Group: Chronic Pain
Posted: Apr 4, 2024
So sorry that you are in so much pain after trying so many things. I had...
So sorry that you are in so much pain ... I had the pain pump put in after having ... the stimulators for 9 years. ... When I did try fentanyl in my pain ... pump they had turned it up too high
Has anyone out there fallen on their back and buttocks and had pain sitting, like me....
on their back and buttocks and had pain ... In addition to may back pain, for which ... epidurals, nerve blocks, spinal cord stimulators ... , now on pain pump. ... Nothing has ver affected the "pain
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Jan 30, 2024
I had my Metronic’s stimulator removed after 4 to 6 months; the Metronic’s reps (in my...
I had my Metronic’s stimulator removed ... or have enough staff to support the stimulators ... I have have a Metronic’s pain pump implanted ... been my life saver compared to other pain ... Yes I need to have the pain pump replaced
Support Group: Chronic Pain
Posted: Aug 7, 2023
I’m happy to hear you are getting some relief from the pain pump. I was recommended...
pump. ... recommended by the doc to get the stimulator ... instead of the pump. ... stimulator. ... I hope your pain gets better.
Support Group: Chronic Pain
Posted: Jul 28, 2023
Thank you! Yes I did meet with a pain doc and we did start the process...
did start the process for a stimulator ... pump and pain stimulator would not ... work with my type of pain. ... pump or stimulator put in and he thinks ... it will help my pain.
Support Group: Neuropathy
Posted: Jul 22, 2023
You can have a trial of the spinal cord stimulator. Simple process. It’s done in the...
can have a trial of the spinal cord stimulator ... out and are connected to a temporary stimulator ... See if you get at least 50% pain reduction ... Similar process with the pain pump. ... I got about 80% relief with stimulator
Support Group: Chronic Pain
Posted: Jul 22, 2023
Hello well here is my story i went to get pain stimulator put in and we'll...
well here is my story i went to get pain ... stimulator put in and we'll I walked ... stimulator had to come out . ... plus was sick from all meds they was pumping ... stimulator that they used .
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Jun 19, 2023
Reading how the experience varies by person, it makes me wonder about a couple things. As...
1980 experience that used basketball pump ... My nerves are overly sensitive to pain ... , but not sensitive to good stimuli.
I have had two spinal cord stimulators. The first one helped a lot for abou3 years....
I have had two spinal cord stimulators ... You evaluate what, if any, pain relief ... They are looking for at least 50% pain ... I got about 70% pain relief. ... I also just had the morphine pain pump
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Apr 28, 2023
I just had the Medtronics pump surgically implanted yesterday. Surgery went well. Minimal incision pain. You...
I just had the Medtronics pump surgically ... Minimal incision pain. ... My Medtronics spinal cord stimulator
Support Group: Chronic Pain
Posted: Apr 13, 2023
I can't even imagine what that must be like, nerve pain is by far the hardest...
imagine what that must be like, nerve pain ... is by far the hardest pain to get a ... handle on for me, I have a pain pump ... difference for me all the oral nerve pain ... I had four Medtronic Spinal column stimulators
Support Group: Chronic Pain
Posted: Mar 13, 2023
Thank you for your suggestion, No, none of the doctors mentioned a pain pump implanted. I...
No, none of the doctors mentioned a pain ... pump implanted. ... interested Wanted to implant a nerve stimulator ... I have worked with the pain clinic which
Support Group: Neuropathy
Posted: Apr 16, 2022
I had a laminectomy about 5 or 6 years ago, every thing was going well for...
past 2+ years I have ahd chronic back pain ... doctor decided to try spinal chord stimulator ... The trial was amazing, 100% pain free ... pump. ... pump because he doesn't like the
Support Group: Chronic Pain
Posted: Mar 1, 2022