>----- Original Message -----
From: "IAS Admin (Tracy)" <tracy.joslin@adhesions.org>
To: "Multiple recipients of list ADHESIONS" <adhesions@mail.obgyn.net>
Sent: Monday, May 25, 2009 7:16 AM
Subject: SPINAL CORD STIMULATOR
> Sender: "lindahalford" <lindahalford@comcast.net>
> Subject: Re: SPINAL CORD STIMULATOR
>
> Dr. Collier said the Spinal Cord Stimulator battery lasts 20 years. I
> believe they be new and improved since 2006.
>
>> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "IAS Admin (Tracy)" <tracy.joslin@adhesions.org>
> To: "Multiple recipients of list ADHESIONS" <adhesions@mail.obgyn.net>
> Sent: Friday, May 22, 2009 6:18 AM
> Subject: SPINAL CORD STIMULATOR
>
> > From: adhesions@adhesions.org [mailto:adhesions@adhesions.org] On Behalf
> Of
> > lynette shriver
> > Sent: Tuesday, May 19, 2009 10:59 AM
> > To: adhesions-request@adhesions.org
> > Subject: Re: SPINAL CORD STIMULATOR
> >
> > I have a "nerve stimulator" implanted. It is made by the company
> > MEDTRONIC. I had it implanted July of 2006 by my pain management Dr. and
> my
> > general surgeon. I had a trial one and it worked pretty well. With one
> > surgery the docs put it in. The battery is in my lower back and then 3
> > wires go up and across my hip and down next to my nerves in my groin.
(all
> > internally implanted.) This is were I was having the greatest pain. The
> > type I got stays in for about 9 yrs. You have to recharge the battery
> about
> > once a month and it takes 3 hrs. I have a device that I match up to my
> > battery in my back and it recharges. Also I have another device that I
can
> > match up with my battery and change the intensity of the 3 wires, either
2
> > stimulating at once or all 3 rotating.
> >
> > I was practically pain free until March of this year, so about 2yrs and
> > 8months. Through this period the only thing I took for occasional pain
was
> > Motrin. It is still working but my pain now is too intense for it to
take
> > the pain away and I can't tolerate the intensity being increased. I am
> > trying other things in addition to the stimulator now like nerve
> injections
> > and physical therapy for deep tissue massage and exercises to stretch
the
> > adhesion's.
> >
> > With this device implanted, I can't have and MRI below my neck. Also
they
> > said it might set off the metal detectors. So far it hasn't. I do have a
> > card I carry that says I have the device implanted. I would recommend
this
> > to anyone with pain from abdominal adhesion.
> >
>