![]() I was on the internet for days trying to find some help. So therefore he had no idea of anything to do in this situation. Said he had heard that was a possibility but had never heard of this happening before. ![]() With in 5 minutes he got excruciating pain from lower abdomen and down his legs then went permanently paralyzed from his navel down. After the surgery they moved from the stretcher to his bed. My father unfortunately was NOT TOLD there is a possibility of paralysis. Also that he had placed around 100 of these units with no complications. told him there were very few side effects. His last Dr appointment prior to surgery his Dr. I know he is desperate for relief ( as was my father ) who had this spinal stimulator unit placed on October 6,2010. I am so sorry your husband is in so much pain. A lot of dr's are doing them now and I absolutely believe they're worth it!! I hope this helps! Good luck to you and your husband! Anyway, I would say yes, definitely give it a chance. It's charged by wearing a belt attached to a little box that can hold battery power for one full charge of the stimulator but then it has to be attached to an electricity source to recharge the charger, lol, if that makes any sense. If you sleep with it on then it will need be charged every day and a half or so. Mine is every 4-5 days but I sleep with it off. Depending on what type of pulse you have being delivered through the leads it will need to be charged more or less. As to whether or not you can get it wet, it's surgically implanted under the skin and regularly has to be charged which may be why the friend of LeeLou68 had their problem with the battery failing. I think if he has hip and leg pain it will definitely help that, but it depends upon where his back pain is as to whether or not it will help that. I know another person who has one and was wheelchair bound due to her low back pain and now she can walk and is doing much better. Of course the main reason I got it was for my severe, chronic lumbar pain but that doesn't get relief, or not enough for me to notice anyway. I can get away with one pair of socks and shoes now, and can even sleep without the heating blanket sometimes. ![]() Once I got the stimulator, it definitely helped alleviate pain in my hips, knees and ankles, and yes, even my feet. That pain when something is cold it hurts - that's how my feet feel all the time. ![]() I have heated boots too because the CRPS makes my feet hurt like I'm standing in a bathtub full of ice. No kind of pain medicine helps that type of nerve pain so I literally wore 4 pair of socks and tennis shoes all day every day until I was going to bed, then just 3 pair of socks and a heating blanket on my feet, even in the summer. I have chronic neck, back, low back, hip, knee, and ankle pain, and then CRPS in my feet which is absolutely horrible to live with. So my pain mgt dr suggested the stimulator and I went for it since I was desperate for pain relief. I've had 4 spinal surgeries and need another but the dr isn't willing to do it just yet. I have a spinal cord stimulator and it helps with everything EXCEPT my lower back, the whole reason I got it.
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