Spinal Cord Stimulator - Recovery and Restrictions

I have 2 spinal cord stimulators. It has helped me tremendously. I did have to have revision surgery and move the 1 st one to a new location because the scar tissue started to tear and was causing so much pain. I was afraid to leave my house because I didn’t want to scream in pain when it would tear. I haven’t had any problems since then which was in Oct 2021

My operation has been scheduled for friday, 6MAY. I hope yours is scheduled really soon. Tomorrow I will message you all things you should and shouldn't do during your eight week recovery. It's really really important. Till tomorrow...

Are you getting rechargeable battery or a battery inside of you? Are getting a Cervical, Thorcic, Ocpital? I've had all three.

Since 1996...I've had Metronics, Neuromed, ANS, ST. JUDE then Abbott. Now I have Boston Scientific.

What's 8 weeks compared years of your life that will not be pain free... But it will be a lot better than you were before the SCS was implanted.

In the recovery... 8 weeks don't raise your arms over your head, don't carry anything, don't twist your back even to grab tissue while your going to the bathroom. ( grab the toilet paper before you sit on the toilet.

Boston Scientific is good.

The best advice about SCS is after the surgery you should be lying around for 8 weeks. I'm not joking. If you want it to be most effective in lessening the pain by a feeling - sensation that feels like a cat purring... Then you need to give it time to adhere to the area where the doctor implanted it. My last one lasted 5 years. My first one was implanted in May 1996.