A Trial for the Implantation of Spinal Nerve Stimulator
I am back in bad pain again, sometimes unbearable pain, and not enough pain medication to cover it. Yesterday I finished the one week trial for the spinal nerve stimulator (NS) - a fancy TENS machine inserted in the epidural space of the spine - and I now have to wait 3 weeks until I can get the permanent version implanted. The trial was very successful from my point of view. I now no longer have to be in unbearable pain from my spine. All I have to do when the pain gets bad is turn up the NS and risk getting buzzes when I move. The buzz is from the NS and in theory, I should not be feeling them if I have the balance between the pain and the strength of the NS right, however I found that I had to turn the machine up high when the pain got unbearable, thus the buzzing. A small price to pay for relief from really bad pain - the buzzing is much more preferable. I had to undergo a trial, despite the fact that I knew I would respond to it...