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Posted 8/7/2010 10:44 AM (GMT 0)
I am a new member and I am glad to be here to be able to say I'm not doing "just fine".  Chronic pain is so demanding.  I enjoy being around others and being enthusiastic, most of them know of my condition, but when I am asked how I am doing, the "just fine" thing occurs often.  I am going for my fourth nerve ablation Tuesday and I will inform my pain management doctor that I would like to proceed with a nerve stimulator implant.  This will be a long process but I don't even need to get into talking about daily pain.  I posted on the topic:  Any using the Boston Scientific Precision Plus SCS.  Any feedback would be appreciated.  Thanks, spord. :-)
Posted 8/7/2010 9:50 PM (GMT 0)
Hi Spord,

Welcome to Healing Well's chronic pain forum. I am sorry that you have to be here but glad that you found the forum. One thing you will find here is you are not alone in your pain. Everyone here suffers with pain and each have their own story to tell. It helps most of us to know we are not alone with our pain as it tends to make us feel that way from time to time.

I saw that you are going in for another nerve ablation and I hope this gives you some relief. The problem with those as you know they are temporary if they work and its like putting a bandaide on a sore. I have had them done myself, the one on my neck worked great but the one for the lower back did nothing. Its just one of those things that I call a crap shoot, may work, may not work.

There are others on here that have the SCS implants and have done well and some that did the trial but got no relief. I do hope that you have a good result when you do your trial. There seems to be more and more people doing the trial as it is becoming a popular choice in attempting to get a pain level down. Its worth it if it helps with a persons pain and getting to reduce the amount of medication they take. The key thing is to get some quality life back and be able to function more than before.

I think all of us know where you are coming from with the "just fine" response when someone asks how you are doing. I figure they really don't want to hear how rotten I may be doing. I know at times I get sick of hearing it or even thinking it, lol. For most of us, its just a normal thing to blurt out without even thinking about it. It stops that subject before it ever gets started and you can move on to the next thing.

I am sure the others will pop on as it does get a little slow around here on the weekends. Anyway, wanted to to tell you hello and welcome aboard. Also, if you will use the search feature here at the forum about the SCS, you will get a lot of information that way too. Take care and keep us posted on how you are coming along.
Posted 8/7/2010 11:14 PM (GMT 0)
Spord,

Hi and welcome to the forum. I too am sorry you have to be a member. It is not a fun thing to have to go through. I have not had the implant, my mother has. She had a lot of luck with it. I am at the point of just trying to find something to manage my pain. I hope you find some sort of relief. Post/ and or vent here often. The people on this forum can relate to what you are going through and are so very wonderfull. I really enjoy coming here. it helps my family from not having to hear my gripes all the time. Giving them a break means a lot when they already have to deal with the down falls of my diseases. It is nice to meet you and try to have a pain free weekend. Hugs, Heather yeah

Posted 8/8/2010 11:14 AM (GMT 0)
Thank you Straydog and Heather. It is nice to have people who experience chronic pain to be able to bounce things off of and just to talk once in a while. I'm a little nervous about the upcoming procedure for the implanted nerve stimulator, but I read all the post regarding the SCS and it makes me aware, somewhat, of what will happen. I will keep all y'all informed of the progress. Thanks again. David.
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