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<blockquote data-quote="DammitJanet" data-source="post: 388775" data-attributes="member: 1514"><p>Like Susie I am so upset you didnt get any answers today. I saw a pamphlet in my doctors office the last time I was there about a nerve implant thingy that is run off batteries. You said he had had the nerve ablations that worked for a while. This would be more like a long term thing where it is implanted in his spine and it sends a small amount of electricity to the nerves via the implant that has these batteries attached. Two small prongs are left out of the body and you just plug this thing in. Its really quite interesting. My son Billy met a woman at Radio Shack who had one and she said it worked wonders for her. She was in buying a new rechargeable battery pack...lol. They say it works very well for folks with nerve pain but not so much for just joint pain. So if he has both nerve pain and joint pain, that could at least help the nerve pain while you work on something to help the joint pain. </p><p></p><p>I am assuming he has tried the fentanyl patches? The first time I tried them they were a godsend. Second time, they made me sick as a dog. The methadone is helping me more this time except for my knees. Nothing is helping that. Im ready to just cut them off right now.</p><p></p><p>I agree with the whole thing about how suicide does seem like a viable solution at times. I have often said that it isnt going to be the bipolar or depression that is going to cause me to end it all, it is going to be when I just cant stand the pain anymore. That isnt an idle threat either. I dont worry about guns. I have plenty of them around. I also have a whole supply of medication set aside to do the job when the time is right. Its my solution that keeps me going so that I know that I can always manage every day because it is my choice to keep on keeping on.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DammitJanet, post: 388775, member: 1514"] Like Susie I am so upset you didnt get any answers today. I saw a pamphlet in my doctors office the last time I was there about a nerve implant thingy that is run off batteries. You said he had had the nerve ablations that worked for a while. This would be more like a long term thing where it is implanted in his spine and it sends a small amount of electricity to the nerves via the implant that has these batteries attached. Two small prongs are left out of the body and you just plug this thing in. Its really quite interesting. My son Billy met a woman at Radio Shack who had one and she said it worked wonders for her. She was in buying a new rechargeable battery pack...lol. They say it works very well for folks with nerve pain but not so much for just joint pain. So if he has both nerve pain and joint pain, that could at least help the nerve pain while you work on something to help the joint pain. I am assuming he has tried the fentanyl patches? The first time I tried them they were a godsend. Second time, they made me sick as a dog. The methadone is helping me more this time except for my knees. Nothing is helping that. Im ready to just cut them off right now. I agree with the whole thing about how suicide does seem like a viable solution at times. I have often said that it isnt going to be the bipolar or depression that is going to cause me to end it all, it is going to be when I just cant stand the pain anymore. That isnt an idle threat either. I dont worry about guns. I have plenty of them around. I also have a whole supply of medication set aside to do the job when the time is right. Its my solution that keeps me going so that I know that I can always manage every day because it is my choice to keep on keeping on. [/QUOTE]
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