I have tried many different pain pills. I am currently taking morphine orally. I am hopeful about the pain pump and would welcome input. Thanks for taking the time to answer.
2007-06-27 17:06:34 · 5 answers · asked by Deborah Z 3 in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Pain & Pain Management
Deborah, first off Jerry Lewis has a Neurostimualtor Implant not a morphine pump implant. I know this because we are both Ambassadors for the same company.
I had a Neurostimualtor implant 2 years ago and it totally changed my life.
The pump was not an option for me because my pain area is large.
The Neurostimulator uses electricity not pain killers.
I was able to get off of all those massive doses of Morphine and other drugs.
As an Ambassador for Medtronic I have heard really good success stories about the pump that you are talking about.
It has relife(sp) to so many people.
If you would like to see how much a Medtronic implant how helped me. Go to
www.tamethepain.com.au Wendy's story.
It will allow you to leave a lot of your pain pills behind as the morphine or other pain control is delivered directly to the site of your back pain.
If you would like to ask me any question you can e-mail me through this site or the Medtronic Tame the Pain site.
To read Jerry Lewis's story it is on
www.tamethepain.com
I hope to hear from you.
2007-06-27 22:37:44 · answer #1 · answered by I do care! 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Is this your idea or, the doctors? I've known several people with these, they are not the cats meow.
I've lived on drugs all my life under pain management and was asked if I wanted to have a pain pump put in, I told them "No"
The neruostimulator sound good, think of this. I was asked about this also, for the severe damage I have to my spine.
Your going to get a lot of far out ideas here, be careful and always talk to your doctor first, take his advice.
2007-06-27 23:24:46 · answer #2 · answered by cowboydoc 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Deborah STOP it will not help in the long run.
Deborah I was crushed under 30 tons of rock and I have 23 torn nerves coming out the left side of my spine and 16 on the right side of my spine. I was on 18 pills of Peradan a day and two patches of morphine on my belly. and I was taking three shot a day of Toradol and I had 16 patches on my back with electric charges. I wore 4 double output tens units. After 27 years and the lose of 4 cubic inches of lung and then being told I had six months left and was on 5 liters of O2 I took the matter in hand.
I got on distilled water which is an insulator for electricity. That is what is in your nerves. The pain slowly went away as the effects of the water increased. The lung has growen back and the tubes came out of my nose and all the patches came off along with the tens units. The needles stop and the pills were discontinued. Now I use yoga or meditation and I drink a gallon a day of distilled water and and lots of veggie juice and one glass of Orange juice concentrate with one can of distilled water added. Without trying I only eat one meal a day about 1/2 of what I used to eat and have no desire for more food. THE PAIN IS AT LESS THAN 1 ON THE 1 TO 10 SCALE. Where before it was 11 on a scale of 1 to 10 much of the time.
Deborah distilled water is an insulator. Even lightening will not pass through it.
2007-06-27 17:31:37 · answer #3 · answered by Questionable 3 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Take the time to find a good neuro-muscular massage therapist.
Mine did what no chiropractor or other doctor could do.
Good luck!
2007-06-27 17:09:31 · answer #4 · answered by tabulator32 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I don't know much about it personally, but you might want to Google Jerry Lewis. I know he has one and has been on talk shows telling about how it changed his life.
2007-06-27 17:15:33 · answer #5 · answered by Beckers 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋