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The opioid epidemic sucks. They can't seem to do anything about the abusers so they're taking...
pump surgically installed in my abdomen ... familiar with this device it is a small pump ... Electro stimulation had not worked for ... couldn't risk the surgery for the pump ... Once you have it, (the pain pump), you
Support Group: Chronic Pain
Posted: Feb 10, 2018
Totally understand. My pain management /rehab doctor is retiring and I use behavioral--mediation---tapping, i.e., chiropractic, botox...
My pain management /rehab doctor is ... dystonia, TENS, Voltaren gels, Teracin pain ... procedures that did nothing but hurt and NO pumps ... or stimulators. ... problems going on and the myofascial pain
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Feb 7, 2018
@peggyri, Peggy, after I posted I was thinking .. a really good resource for you could...
joint pain clubbing of the fingertips ... that makes it too painful to cough ... My pain management uses it when he’s ... epidural injections, a spinal cord stimulator ... trial and a morphine pump trial, and
Support Group: MAC & Bronchiectasis
Posted: Jun 26, 2017
I have been dealing with painful peripheral neuropathy for about 10 to 12 years. My main...
My main pain is in the bottoms of my ... therapy, Acupuncture and Spinal Cord Stimulator ... on a new and improved Spinal Cord Stimulator ... Pump. ... the programs of the new Spinal Cord Stimulator
Support Group: Neuropathy
Posted: Apr 10, 2016
This is my very first post ever, and first "group" message board I've ever joined so...
anyone tried the following: INTRATHECAL PAIN ... PUMP, (I'm on my 2nd spinal cord stimulator ... far more people out there in more pain
Support Group: Chronic Pain
Posted: Apr 5, 2016
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
Hi- I’m glad that you have cognitive ways to deal with your pain, but honestly, such...
have cognitive ways to deal with your pain ... The doctors at Mayo tell me that pain ... pump does NOT reduce AA pain- it is ... Stimulator may be better. ... increased my Medtronic intrathecal pump
Support Group: Chronic Pain
Posted: Nov 13, 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
@heisenberg34 Don’t give up and keep pressing for answers and advocate for yourself. Doctors aren’t perfect...
should not be relied upon to explain pain ... be causing your spine/hip/buttock pain ... You can’t treat pain if you do not know ... Injections, pain pumps/stimulators, ... joint or soft tissue/tendon/muscle pain
Discussion: Back and leg pain
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Aug 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 sorry that so many, like me, suffer from intense buttock pain...and cannot find any...
like me, suffer from intense buttock pain ... thighs really begin to cry out in pain ... The pain was mitigated fairly well for ... the help of meds and a spinal cord stimulator ... I had a pain pump implanted in 2023
Support Group: Chronic Pain
Posted: Jun 1, 2024
Bless anyone who gets relief from a spinal cord stimulator. I had absolutely no luck with...
who gets relief from a spinal cord stimulator ... 6 years ago for severe lower back pain ... try it after 8 years with a morphine pump ... although I did get some relief from the pump ... help anyone considering a spinal cord stimulator
Support Group: Chronic Pain
Posted: May 28, 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 ... 2018 I had a Medtronics spinal cord stimulator ... In 2023 I had the pain pump implanted ... Even sitting is so painful, it's
After living an active, pain-free life for 79 years, I find myseld in excruciating pain due...
After living an active, pain-free life ... cocktail of meds and a spinal cord stimulator ... pump implanted. ... The pump was supposed to be the ultimate ... I have had the pump output upped many
Support Group: Chronic Pain
Posted: Apr 26, 2024
So, the pain pump is an implanted device, placed under the abdomen. It delivers medication into...
So, the pain pump is an implanted device ... delivered to significantly reduce pain ... 80-90%, I have never received any pain ... My spinal cord stimulator gave up the
Discussion: Pain pump failure
Support Group: Chronic Pain
Posted: Apr 14, 2024
I had a Medtronic spinal stimulator implanted following partial spinal laminectomy to position & stabilize stimulator...
I had a Medtronic spinal stimulator ... Stimulator was only regulated for brain ... and was no longer getting adequate pain ... pump implanted in April 2021 to try ... to manage increasing pain in upper
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Jan 8, 2024
This is just my experience. I fell hard on lower back in 2016 while skiing. Things...
that summer, until a whole lot of pain ... It was suggested that a spinal cord stimulator ... Then the pain returned. ... Have seen more pain docs than I can ... I just had a pain pump implanted back
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Aug 9, 2023
You have lived 82 years more than most. Congratulations! I also have pudendal neuralgia, all the...
I’ve had 2 stimulators and they just ... pump trial. ... want them so I take less then the pain ... So today’s the day for the pain pump ... I hope they dial the stimulator in for
Support Group: Chronic Pain
Posted: May 17, 2023