[Beach brat]

I have a medtronic spinal cord stimulator implant that was put in 2003. I am having issues with it covering the pain that I am having. My pain specialist is wanting to put me on pain meds until it can have a revision done to it. My question is this...First has it ever been able to completely block your pain? And my second question is did it help for a period of time and then stop covering the pain? What have you chosen to do about it? Can you give me any suggestions.

[sokokl]

I have never used a spinal cord stimulator but I have friends in chronic pain that have. Some of them have had very good results with it as far as blocking the pain. Some of them have had issues with the pain not getting as good of control because of the leads moving and then having to have them moved back.Another girl I know had tried a stimulator and found that it didn't much help her so she want a kind of pain pump that seems to be helping a lot.I have the link to a site that has a messageboard for chronic pain patients that could be of help. If you are interested in joining please e-mail me off site with the subject line:"Chronic Pain Messageboard"so that I will know what it's in regards to.