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My husband has been a chronic pain patient for multiple years. He has had multiple back...
My husband has been a chronic pain patient ... had multiple back surgeries, used a pain ... pump, and a Medtronic spinal cord stimulator ... dilaudid, lyrica, methadone with minimal pain
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Oct 11, 2021
I have cages and unfortunately they were put in crookedly and now I have 8 additional...
I have a metronic drug pump which helps ... with pain not nerve damage continuing ... Plus the long term drug in the pump
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Jul 2, 2021
Hi, friends - regarding implanted pain medicine pumps...my husband had mesothelioma, diagnosed and treated at Mayo...
Hi, friends - regarding implanted pain ... medicine pumps...my husband had mesothelioma ... To ease his chestwall pain, we tried ... a Medtronic pump, but the outpatient
Support Group: Chronic Pain
Posted: Jul 1, 2018
I have heard mixed reviews on the Mayo reabilitation courses. I don't see how it can...
Without them my pain level is at a 10 ... pump. ... drugs and just have buvicain in the pump ... scs and wasn't successful but the medtronic ... pump trial I did helped.
@heisenberg34 I’ve had the pump for 8 years and just had it replaced with the 40ml...
@heisenberg34 I’ve had the pump for ... The Medtronic rep at my first implant ... The trial dropped my pain from a 9 to ... a high tolerance for morphine and pain ... hydromorphone was not acceptable in a pump
Support Group: Chronic Pain
Posted: Oct 26, 2025
When my Medtronic’s unit seemingly died, I swapped out the Medtronic’s battery for the NEVRO battery....
When my Medtronic’s unit seemingly died ... , I swapped out the Medtronic’s battery ... So now it’s all on this pain pump that
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Aug 9, 2025
Hello, Can I ask is this your first implanted pain pump? How long have you had...
I ask is this your first implanted pain ... pump? ... The makers of these pumps-Medtronic ... found out recently when I shut the pump ... told the doc lets replace the dead pump
Support Group: Chronic Pain
Posted: Aug 2, 2025
I had my Medtronic implanted a year ago. I too thought at first that I wasn't...
I had my Medtronic implanted a year ... When I remember the pain I once had, ... I was looking for total pain relief ... What was your reason for the pump?
Support Group: Chronic Pain
Posted: Feb 25, 2025
I will say that the Medtronics SCS was one of the few things that actually helped...
I will say that the Medtronics SCS was ... Took pain from about a 7 down to a 3 ... controlled my anything, including a pain ... pump. ... should give you a good idea of how much pain
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Jul 24, 2024
I fell skiing 8 years ago, landing hard on my lower back and buttocks. That year...
That year I developed severe pain in ... , diazepam, and gabapentin that my pain ... days, That was 2017, In 2018 I had a Medtronics ... In 2022 I had the Medtronics SCS battery ... In 2023 I had the pain pump implanted
Hi, As for eating, I am now an official 'grazer'. I eat more frequently and much...
I have had abdominal pain since the ... with Over The Counter (OTC) pain meds ... are contemplating a implanted drug pump ... , a Medtronic SynchroMed II. ... into an additional complication, The Pump
Support Group: Esophageal Cancer
Posted: Jan 14, 2024
I had a Medtronic spinal stimulator implanted following partial spinal laminectomy to position & stabilize stimulator...
I had a Medtronic spinal stimulator ... and was no longer getting adequate pain ... pump implanted in April 2021 to try ... to manage increasing pain in upper ... causes me to get no relief from oral pain
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Jan 8, 2024
I had a spinal cord stimulator (Medtronics) implanted back in 2018. This was after a fusion...
I had a spinal cord stimulator (Medtronics ... in 2017 (which did not improve my pain ... I had the trial (which ws done in pain ... trial (50%), but helped to control the pain ... Implanted pain pump is not providing
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: May 30, 2024
I had a medtronics scs implanted in 2018 after a successful trial. The permanent implant was...
I had a medtronics scs implanted in ... it did help relieve my lower back pain ... from NEVRO convinced me to have the Medtronics ... BTW, I also had a pain pump implanted ... If you get the Medtronics unit, it has
Support Group: Chronic Pain
Posted: Mar 27, 2024
Wish it were that simple. When they swapped out the Medtronics battery for the Nevro, they...
When they swapped out the Medtronics ... I was desperate for pain relief (aren ... Now I have the pain pump which is giving
Support Group: Chronic Pain
Posted: Feb 11, 2024