Bill-Thank you for your service as well! We have been through a deployment already, about 3-4 months after we moved to our first duty station lol. It is definitely hard on everyone. I do believe that...
Thank you all for the advice and help! I am making an appt with my current doc and will be discussing repositioning my battery and actually making sure the leads are still in the same place. The...
Update: just got off the phone with the clinical pharmacist who consulted with my doc after I addressed my concerns and issues and when she called me back all she said from him was that he was still...
Thank you Eagle, yeah it is my hubby in the Army. I handle the pain in my hip as best I can but when the painful area is right where I sit on my butt makes it hard to relax and take it easy not to...
Unless I am referred out to a civilian doctor, which doesn't happen if there is availability, I can't go non-military otherwise insurance won't cover it....
Yes I see the rep from St Jude for the adjustments to the stim but no matter what setting I use it doesn't touch the pain in my hip which the doc told me it wouldn't help cause it was a hard place to...
Thank you Screaming Eagle. It is very frustrating and depressing trying to talk to this doctor and he doesn't hear anything that I'm saying he is only focused on getting me off the pain meds. Doesn't...
No my current doctor is not the same doctor that implanted the stim. The doc that implanted it quit the clinic 2 weeks after my surgery. Yes it was implanted by pain management which I am continuing...
Thank you very much. It is actually nice to have some place to talk to others who have the stimulator....
Hello everyone I am new to this forum. I have been reading some posts today about others experiences with the stimulator and am looking for advice. I honestly don't remember what I was diagnosed...