Debating SCS- Senza Nevro HF10 system or the Boston Scientific system

RFA is radio frequency ablation - it's burning the nerves.  They try it after a successful nerve block.  It's my first one.  I have one doctor who I trust more than all the other doctors and he says NO do not get the Boston Scientific.  I think I will call him and try to get his opinion on the Nevro.  I don't go to him any more because of my new insurance, but I think he wou ld be willing to give me his opinion.  When I find out, I'll let you know.

 

I have tried the RFA and it worked for eight days.  I was very excited about it and was incredibly optimistic.   I even planned a ski trip in January.    it only worked a short time Primarily due to the steroid injections I believe, They only last a week or so.    My nerves are entrapped by scar tissue from previous surgeries in several places and were difficult to see and pinpoint. My pain doctor was actually more excited about the Nevro HF10 but I was and still am afraid of implanting anything in my body let alone having to charge it every night.   On the RFA I  was told that it could last for four to six months but that was not the case.   Prior to that I tried monthly service injections in my pain doctors office 

Sorry about that I am new here and that message just sent on its own.   I meant monthly steroid injections.   I started those in July and did them monthly through November but they lasted three days, 3/30 days a month of pain relief didn't work for me.  However, I am so sick of the Percocet haze, I love my job, and I really want to get back to work, soon.   I have low back pain in L4 and L5 and also abdominal nerve pain that's where the entrapped nerve is located.   For me now it is either SCA or another surgery. . I almost died in August 2014 due to a botched surgery and as a single mom with four kids, one in college, and an exhusband out of the picture completely I need to conquer this pain.   I have tried to search high and low for the negatives for this Nevro hf10 procedure and I have found next to nothing except in this thread!   Most of what I have found are positive reviews posted by the company! That makes me very nervous.  .  Never a good sign. I am scheduled for the trial starting on jan 19 I want to find out as much as I can before then.

 

Sure kilee, I just joined this forum, I don't want to post my email address on here or phone number, how do we do that? I can tell you more of what I have discovered 

I emailed you directly kilee did you get it?   How did you get a direct contact at the Nevro company? A rep there? I am currently really questioning my decision to try this out now.     What do you know about never being able to wear tight pants or jeans again?  How big is this implant?   If you have to charge it does it need to be on the flat stomach I have worked so hard to have?   I am too young to have an implant that only blocks the pain impulses and my nerve damage is going to progress and I will be blissfully unaware however in a year or so that permanent nerve damage will be even more permanent!  I'm reconsidering finding a peripheral nerve surgeon anywhere in the country at Mayo or Johns Hopkins or something, the original plan I came up with was to get the Nevro hf 10 while I researched surgeons to fix the issue and buy myself a year to do the research to find the very best person, but now I think that I might want to skip to Nevro HF10 after reading about it on here, I might want to go straight to the surgeon?!