Sorry you are going through this. My doc occasionally has new docs or PAs to train, and it always frusterates me to no end, as it usually happens when I have a list of things I want my doc's opinion...
@ Baileysmom....I totally understand not wanting to take meds that fog your mind at work. I am a researcher at a cancer center - so have a similar situation. Up until I started pain management, I had...
Thought I would post my experiences on Nucynta. When I first started pain management in Oct of 2010, I had been on 30mg oxycodone every 6hrs, and had very little (if any) pain relief. The first thing...
Careful with nerves in the feet! My friend had a Morton's neuroma removed, and had severe nerve pain for a year. I had a "normal" Neuroma caused by two previous surgeries - it was cut back in almost...
Laura - when you get back to using your stim, you should see if you can get the frequency unlocked....it made a huge difference for me. The reason they did it was that I wanted more programs stored...
Thanks Betsey! I had my appt with the rep at noon yesterday. We made a program with me laying down, sitting upright in a chair, and standing - just so I had everything covered. The "sitting" program...
Just wanted to post an update, and get some feedback from all of you SCS users out there.... I had my trial Boston Scientific stim put in yesterday, and for the most part it went as I had expected....
This just makes me sick - we are having our own issues in WA state with new laws that went into effect this year. Because of all the scrutiny that Drs that prescribe opiates get from the state, many...
Wow - thanks for sharing all of that...you've really been through the ringer. I am glad that you do have something that now works - even if it is unusable at the moment. I hope you can get the...
Thanks so much for the link - that looks like something that would be interesting to discuss with my pain doc. I think she only does Boston Scientific - and from what I can tell they only have the...
For the trial I know it will be perc leads, and a Boston Scientific precision plus unit (as an off question....do they do paddle lead trials?) Once we give the trial a go - I am going to broach the...
Hi Chartreux, and thanks for your comments. I have researched, and researched as much on scs as I think I logically can. Before joining this site I spent months lurking/reading scs posts etc. At this...
Hi everyone, I finally have my SCS trial scheduled - for the afternoon of Dec 14th. Up until now I've always thought to myself this is no big deal.....but now I'm starting to freak out a bit. I know...
Every time I have had to taper one of my ER meds (for whatever reason) my doc always wants to just cut out a whole pill - which never works for me. Instead I usually try to reason with her, and ask...
Nucynta was a miracle drug for me - and is still going strong after a year of being on it. As Nucynta ER has just recently become available, we are in the process of switching over to that.....hope...
I have used oral diclofenac, flector patches and/or a compounded cream containing diclofenac at various times throughout my journey through chronic pain. Of all the NSAIDS, it seems to work the best...
Nope - Nucynta has worked for me with the saming timing from day one. It lasts almost exactly 4hrs - no more, no less. Everything else I have been on has either had to be increased either in dosage...
I'll chime in here... When I first started pain management last October (Oct 2010)...I had been on ever increasing doses of percocet/oxycodone for ~8 months. No matter how much my gp upped the dose,...
Hi Heather, Working at a cancer center, I work with alot of other MDs from almost every background imaginable. A couple of them have became good friends over time, even though we started out as...
Thanks Laura....from what I have read about your story, you are an inspiration to us all with what you have been through. Does your stim reach your toes? Because my pain is pretty much isolated to my...
Again - thank you everyone for the warm welcome. The few positive stories of nerve-pain meds some of you have described here is making me second guess my hesitations. Thanks for the feedback :)...
It turns out that my middle name is Lynn as well :) Thanks for the welcome!...
Thanks for the welcome everyone. I have searched through MANY a past posts on SCS....in fact that is where I have gotten the bulk of my information to convince myself it was worth trying :) Nothing...
Hello all! My name is Heather, and I have been lurking here for over a year...figured I'd dive in and introduce myself, especially since I feel like I know so many people here just by following their...