Feels Weird

The implant, that is. To understand what they did, we need to discuss a bit of back anatomy. The important parts involved are our body's wiring (spinal cord) the electrical tape it is wrapped in (dura) and the wiring loom it runs through (spinal column). What happened to me is they inserted a large bore needle into my wiring loom being very careful not to puncture the electrical tape (bad headache for days if they do that). Then into the needle, they inserted the leads and just pushed it up into the wiring loom more. One good thing is when they were asking me if it was in the right place (yeah, they wore me up for a part of the surgery) I asked him to move it up further. That caused my doctor to feel a small protuberance in my wiring loom that could be pressing on the wiring and causing all the pain. We'll be discussing that further on Monday. Right now because the leads were not inserted into their permanent locations, when I move it changes the efficacy. Sitting with my head to the side I can hit the nerve. Sitting with my head up, I need to turn the intensity up so much that I feel it in my legs. This would not be an issue with the permanent install as that is held in place better, but it's making it difficult to evaluate how it's working. More to come...