>----- Original Message -----
From: "IAS Admin (Tracy)" <tracy.joslin@adhesions.org>
To: "Multiple recipients of list ADHESIONS" <adhesions@mail.obgyn.net>
Sent: Wednesday, May 27, 2009 6:55 AM
Subject: SPINAL CORD STIMULATOR-Pump Implant
> From: adhesions@adhesions.org [mailto:adhesions@adhesions.org] On Behalf
> Of
> kelly murray
> Sent: Sunday, May 24, 2009 10:33 PM
> To: adhesions-request@adhesions.org
> Subject: RE: SPINAL CORD STIMULATOR-Pump Implant
>
> I am having a trial Pump Implant done on Tuesday. Has anyone had this?
>
> Kelly
>
>> Date: Sun, 24 May 2009 21:46:13 -0500
>> From: tracy.joslin@adhesions.org
>> To: adhesions@mail.obgyn.net
>> 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.
>