Maria,
I don't know the answer to your question, I'm just learning about SCS myself. I take 300 mg of Tramadol/day and 4 g Gabapentin.
I also get the impression that SCS causes a distraction from the pain. I have a Boston Scientific DVD which is a sales job. The one animated example they show is for radicular pain in the legs. That is not my situation.
I was thinking a TENS machine just presents a distraction so I dug out my TENS unit from ten years ago and wore it 3 or 4 hours yesterday. I think it helped although I had it cranked up very high; my back muscles were contracting and pulling me back with each pulse. It gets pretty uncomfortable.
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Jim
2003 L5S1 Charite
1981 L5S1 Discectomy
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