Friday, February 18, 2011

Spinal Cord Stimulator at 5pm (Aug 23 2010)

Dr. Reeser has been assigned to manage Becky’s pain.  After Mayo declined Becky’s admission Dr Reeser decided to pursue a different route.  Today at 5pm Becky will have a spinal cord stimulation rod placed.
“Spinal cord stimulation" (SCS) is a form of therapy used to treat certain types of chronic pain. It involves an electrical generator that delivers pulses to a targeted spinal cord area. The leads can be implanted by laminectomy or percutaneously and the source of power is supplied by an implanted battery or by an external radio-frequency transmitter”.
The doctor thinks this will help her pain by at least 50%.   Lets pray it does.  Unfortunately thats all we know at this time.

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