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My SCS is helping, however, I still have moments where I need to get in bed and stay there. I have another doctors appointment at the end of February. I still have to take it easy. No bending and twisting of any sort. No problem. Because of my infection and the swelling, my SCS can't be directly placed on my knee yet. It's on there pretty good though, and that is nice.

I sat in my garden today. I pulled the weeds that had grown around my beautiful plants. I used to work in my front lawn a LOT before my accident. I was really big on tilling it and pulling weeds and growing grass. We had a gorgeous green lawn going. I miss it. Now it's all weeds and crab grass. Not happy. I would sit outside, by the busy street, and pull weeds and keep it all nice. Today, I was only able to give about 30 minutes sitting out there, then back inside and I have been in bed ever since.

I do think that I will receive a great benefit from my SCS. I also believe that I will only get a benefit for a period of time, and the remainder will be spent resting. That is the EVIL of RSD. Total control of your life and your body. I have hope of getting better. I have my goal forever etched in my mind. I was told by the lady from Advanced Bionics, that I will still have problems. I am ok with that. As long as I can give my son and my husband a bit of my time outside of my resting place in bed. I have been having fun with the boy when my SCS is covering all problems. We laugh and goof off, and he tells me he loves me, and that I am being so silly, and I have missed that so much.

Am I happy I got the Stimulator? Oh you bet I am. I am enjoying the short amount of relief I am afforded. Would I do it all over again? Definitely. Would I tell other people about it? I already do. Do I recommend it? To an extent. What I mean by that is, everyone is different. What is working for me, might not work for them. You have to think about you, how you would react should the opposite happen and you don't get even a nice amount of relief.