Chuck, I have seen both good and bad results from these units. Usually, the first thing pain management people do is inject some local anesthetic in the area that they feel is causing the problem with your pain. If this local works, then they find that a tens unit in this area will usually work well. The most important thing is to identify, precisely, where the pain is being generated in your spine. If this is done, these work well. The implanted device can only provide relief if it is in the area from which the pain is arising. Sometimes, it is found, that just injecting local in the area can quiet the pain and in this case, local with steroid injection, will be all that is needed and the tens unit won't be inserted. You have great doctors, especially that you have both the neurologist and the orthopedic man and the pain management doctor working together. This is the best of all worlds. Kindly keep us informed. Joyce
On Thu, Feb 12, 2015 at 6:04 PM, Chuck Alexander < chuckalexan...@centurylink.net> wrote: > Joyce: Thanks a lot. I take it you know about these type spinal cord > stimulators?? If so, do most ppl get relief from them??? I have used an > external TENS unit for yrs, or tried to, but I get allergic to the gel > sticky adhesive, or start to sweat and they fall off, get caught in > clothing and get ripped loose etc. I think an implanted one would be much > better, as the external one DOES help me when I can use it for short period > of time. Chuck > > *From:* Joyce M Westphal <joyce...@gmail.com> > *Sent:* Thursday, February 12, 2015 6:07 PM > *To:* vfb-mail@googlegroups.com > *Subject:* Re: [VFB] Doc's visit today > > I am delighted with your success today, and while it doesn't take care > of the pain immediately, I feel you are really on the right track in doing > what will most benefit you. You have found great specialists and, imho, > ones that are doing exactly what is needed to best care for you. Kindly > keep us in the loop. I continue in prayer that you will find the exactly > right therapy/pain management for you. Joyce > > On Thu, Feb 12, 2015 at 3:57 PM, Allan Fish <afi...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > >> Great to hear positive news. >> >> Just hope it happens sooner, not later. >> >> af >> >> >> -- >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" >> group. >> >> To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to vfb-mail-unsubscribe@ >> googlegroups.com >> For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/ >> group/vfb-mail?hl=en >> >> VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com >> --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "VFB Mail" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to vfb-mail+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" > group. > > To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en > > VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VFB Mail" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to vfb-mail+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2015.0.5646 / Virus Database: 4284/9102 - Release Date: 02/12/15 > > -- > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" > group. > > To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en > > VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VFB Mail" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to vfb-mail+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VFB Mail" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to vfb-mail+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
