My husband is thinking about getting an intrathecal implant for chronic pain in his lower back and peripheral neuropathy. Looking into medical information but i would put more value on personal experiences from people with similar issues.
Please respond with good and bad experiences.
Thank you in advance.

After having 3 Neck Surgeries and Back too Severe Chronic Pain finally did the intrathecal implant trial I'm a Candidate for Permanent Getting the implant in September!! I felt like I was alive again during the trial.

I ask this question cause I am experiencing difficulties breathing with my pain every time it is increase in dosage.

Because my body don t react normal on input and sensces because i have chronic pain and neuropathic pain i am afraid to take implants by the dentist. Has anybody got dental implants and how did it go ?

I have been living with CRPS for years. I am terrified as I know I have got to have something done as my teeth have been neglected and I'm having some major problems. My doc said she will work with a dentist to explain RSD-CRPS and how it may impact my condition. Now I have to find someone who will do the work and it may mean multiple extraction. No Money and most dental is NOT covered. Anyone have experience with this or know of denists in MAINE that have experience with this? Thanks. I'm… read more

Do you have a intern stimulator ?
from witch provider ?
How went the operation ?
How many percent is the pain gone away ?
Witch abilitys did you get back ?
Do you use less meds ?

Does anyone know doctors here in the Chicagoland area that will prescribe Dilaudid? I have periferal neuropathy in both legs, a cracked tibia that hasn't healed properly, my knee caps are loosing their cartilage, I have excruciating lower back pain, and two cracked vertebrate in my neck. I have visited 4 doctors already and one doctor said he would prescribe me gabapentin and another doctor that would prescribe me an anti inflammatory. The other two doctors wouldn't give me shit. Even with the… read more

How much pain medicine do you have to be on before they consider you for the pain pump? The reason I ask is because I have had 2 back injection the spine specialist isn't doing the third because I had a reaction to the 2nd one so he is referring me for the pain pump. I am in physical therapy and take oxycodone 4 times a day and fentonal patch every 72 hours and still in quite a bit of pain to the point of I can barely move.

I've just been reading about neuromodulation also known as Spinal cord Stimulation as a treatment for chronic pain and wondered if anyone has had opportunity to try this? Its not a widely available treatment. I live in the U.K. where there are 1 or 2 specialist places you can go for the treatment. The Walton Centre is one of them. They implant an electrode or drug delivery system near the spinal cord.