Spinal Cord Stimulator

I would like to say that I could only give praise to Catherine and Eric who has stayed in contact with me help me through the trial period and now help me through when I have the spinal cord stimulator inserted into me. I have had over 20 operations unfortunately. I have been through a fair bit of pain in my life I have had my right heel cut also moved over I got screws & rods in me I was told that it would cut the burning of my feet. I have managed to get off my Nupentin 300mg tablets. I was taking 1500 mg a day I went up to 2200 MG unfortunately I became very dizzy, I could not handle this amount.

I would recommend the device it is still winter over here so I am hoping it will still help me when it becomes summer I’m not taking as many Oxcodone hydrochloride 10mg as I previously was before having the spinal cord stimulator put into me the last tablet was about three months ago and that was after the operation. I am still having Buprenorphine 10mg per hour. The only recommendation I would like to make that when you see the specialists, they advise you upfront what you are going to be able to do after you had the spinal cord stimulator put into you and how long you must wait until the next right hip operation. This I must admit I find frustrating.

I do not blame the staff because I do feel it was up to the specialist to advise me of everything that I would be facing in the future. Including carrying information just in case I was unconscious & could not tell anyone that I had a spinal cord stimulator inserted into me.

I would as I said highly recommend the spinal cord stimulator, I am hoping that I will still be in a lot less pain come summer. I did not believe living was worth staying alive the only reason I really stayed alive was because of my daughter. I am now thankful because the spinal cord stimulator is just helping me to cope a lot better than I had ever hoped so my recommendation if you are going through what I call hell pain is no friend. Please think about the device believe me I am not a person that would say very much to anyone how much pain I am going through because they say men do not know what pain is. Believe me if you love your partner and care about them, I do not say much because you do not want to upset them, and I found it extremely hard to say anything to doctors of the amount of pain that I am really going through because I was saying to myself, I do not think they would believe me. My wife would come and say speak up for yourself tell them the truth even then because of what I previously had been said to me, I was very guarded or what to really say. I am still that way because I do not want to look weak in front of people’s eyes all have people say he does not know what pain is like all doctors think that he just could not be going through that much pain. Please believe me I know what pain is. I stay up to 2 PM sometimes I cannot sleep.

I sleep in my own room away from my wife so I will not l keep her up or wake her up. Please think about the spinal cord stimulator it just might save you from a lot of pain like it has helped me I just could not imagine such a little device helping as much as it has its worth going through my name is Bruce.

I am hoping that you will find that I am telling the truth and that you will be thankful that you tried the spinal cord stimulator, and I am sure that you will find the staff very friendly and helpful I have, and I am sure you will have a nice day.

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