I am the type of person that will follow a diet for 1 day (OK not ALL day!) and expect to wake up skinny the next day. And so it was yesterday. My pain management device was activated - and I expected to wake up today free of pain - and of course skinny! I had also expected to be able to shower when I returned from the doctor - -- that didn't happen either :(. One more week of sponge baths to let the incisions heal. OH - and I have to rest It is SOOOO lucky I adore my doctor!
The rep from St. Jude came into the room my husband and I were waiting in. The reps for Arizona are Steve Sharkey and Jason Winter. Steve was with me during surgery - poor guy! Jason was at Dr. Carlson's office to activate the device, explain things, and answer questions. He was with me during the trial. I am quite sensitive to nerve stimulation, so some tweaks were necessary. Together we got the device working to cover my "problem" areas of pain. I tend to collapse and slump when I am relaxed, but to get the full nerve stimulation I have to sit straight up and keep my head up. I suspect this will take some time to get used to. That and I still have surgical pain. I will meet up with Steve or Jason at my next doctor's appointment to assess the area that the device is covering and add other programs to cover different areas. As scar tissue forms, I heal and pain changes areas, different nerve groups will have to be stimulated. So, now I get to rest, heal and work with the pattern that is set on the Neurostimulator to see if my pain is relieved. What I have found so far is that if I leave the stimulation level the same for sitting and moving around, as I do for laying down, my toes curl a bit. This is not very comfortable, and I have to lower the stimulation setting. I am even working on paying attention to the little bar readout on the Neurostimulator's remote. Later this week I may work on remembering!
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