Post SCS Implant 1 Week Follow-Up The 1 week follow up with the doctor is a good meeting, everything looks good. We review my limitations for the next 8 weeks. They will tell you throughout this process no Bending, Lifting, Twisting. I thought I was going to have to live like a robot for the next 8 weeks. But I asked the doctor to show ...
Post SCS Implant The First 7 Days This week has been a bit of a blur, so much so that it is not worth breaking down the individual days. For the last week I have been in significantly worse shape than I was prior to the surgery. All of my previously existing pain symptoms were not only present but they were made much worse ...
1 Month Post Spinal Cord Stimulator Trail It has now been 1 month since my Spinal Cord Stimulator trial ended. The surgery date was been moved back a couple of weeks, part of me was glad to be able to put it off a little while longer. On the other hand, that’s two more weeks to think about it and have it hang over ...
2 Weeks Post Spinal Cord Stimulator Two weeks have past since the end of my Spinal Cord Stimulator Trail and things are firmly settled into their old limits. The device is a memory and my pain is as if the trial never happened. The world around me has constricted to its old limits; a 10 minute drive maybe 12-15 if there isn’t a lot ...
