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Just letting you guys know, just in case. Wednesday the 4th April, I am getting the permanent Spinal Cord Stimulator Implant. The trial worked great. So now they're gonna fully implant the wires and the battery. Its two wires about 12"-15" with 12 tiny electric connections on the each of the ends that lay up against the spinal cord a few inches below my shoulder blades, they connect to a 10 year rechargeable battery about the size of a Tictac box. The battery is gonna be put in the meat above my beltline on the left side of my back. I run it with a remote about the size of a computer mouse. It hides the pain in the lower body with shock stimulation. It's a miracle from St Jude Medical Center. I'm having the procedure at Vanderbilt Medical Center in Nashville, TN. I've got the wires and battery pack that I used during the trial. I'll put up a pic in a week or so, I hope. It's an overnight thing but no big deal. I cant wait though. I been off my legs cept for about 15-30 min a day for almost 5 years, and havn't been able to sit upright either. It's amazing what a man can do laying down or kneeling. I cant wait to get out there and start living.
Retired from the Army in 2007 after doin 25 years, havent been able to get out there and really check out this democracy yet. And please don't thank me. Listening to you guys talk about your daily lives and doing the things that you do are thanks enough. I'm glad everyone is out here living in America the way they're supposed to. Not in fear. HI has been the best thing that has happened for me. If it wasn't for getting hurt, I would have never found you or been on the internet probably. And just listening to and lookin at you guys has helped tremendously.
I wish everyone out there with lower back thru legs to feet pain could get this. I had to go thru 4 surgeries on my legs and back, one on each arm, probably more than 30 steroid injections, (and enough drugs to make a drug dealer a millionaire) in the past 7 years to get this.
Anyways, I got a trunk full of Khukuris that havn't had a proper woopin, or gave me a proper woopin. We'll be talkin about em for a long time.
Your friend,
Lee
Retired from the Army in 2007 after doin 25 years, havent been able to get out there and really check out this democracy yet. And please don't thank me. Listening to you guys talk about your daily lives and doing the things that you do are thanks enough. I'm glad everyone is out here living in America the way they're supposed to. Not in fear. HI has been the best thing that has happened for me. If it wasn't for getting hurt, I would have never found you or been on the internet probably. And just listening to and lookin at you guys has helped tremendously.
I wish everyone out there with lower back thru legs to feet pain could get this. I had to go thru 4 surgeries on my legs and back, one on each arm, probably more than 30 steroid injections, (and enough drugs to make a drug dealer a millionaire) in the past 7 years to get this.
Anyways, I got a trunk full of Khukuris that havn't had a proper woopin, or gave me a proper woopin. We'll be talkin about em for a long time.
Your friend,
Lee
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