i am 22 years old and hurt my back while
working turned out to have a herniated
disc. severe lower back pain and left leg
pain, Had a corizone injection, didnt
help, went thru physcial therapy didnt
help. Had back surgery at the L5 S1 disc.
didnt work. classified with failed back
surgery syndrome. Had more physcial
therapy, acupunturce, another cortizone
shot, massage therapy, pool therapy, tens
unit no relief. Wondering if anyone has
had the spinal cord simulator
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Racer1
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 11 Jun 2007 Posts: 3 Location: Fort Lauderdale Florida
i am 22 years old and hurt
my back while working turned out to have a
herniated disc. severe lower back pain and
left leg pain, Had a corizone injection,
didnt help, went thru physcial therapy
didnt help. Had back surgery at the L5 S1
disc. didnt work. classified with failed
back surgery syndrome. Had more physcial
therapy, acupunturce, another cortizone
stuff, massage therapy, pool therapy, tens
unit no relief. Wondering if anyone has
had the spinal cord
simulator
I wish you well man. The Docs are leaning
towards that for me as well. I don't like
the idea at all. But I might not have a
choice.
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samrella
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 25 Oct 2007 Posts: 18 Location: Taunton,Massachusetts,
Posted: 10-25-07 09:58am
Hi Matt500,
I have had 6 back ops and the last one was
a spinal stim. implant in 1999. My
experience might be different from others.
I have a vibration down my leg from minor
nerve damage possibly from surgery. Anyway
The stimultor gives you a vibration to
change the pain sensation. In my case it
didn't help my pain and now I have more
mid back pain because of a plastic anchor
placed in my mid back to keep the
stimulator leads in place. I need another
op just to take the battery pack and leads
out of my back. Every case is different.
Some people get fantastic relief from
these spinal stimulators so the more input
you get from people the better.
Take care and I hope you make a better
decision than I did.
Sandy
