It is done...

Well, I finally had the permanent implant of the spinal cord stimulator. This is because of the successful trial. The leads were placed much better this time and they go up higher in my back which is a good thing. The coverage of my offending nerve seems to be a lot better. Now a couple days to get over the surgical pain and I have 6 weeks to take things really easy so the leads have time for my body to form scar tissue around them...that will help hold them in place without the positionality of the trial. The really interesting part to me is the recharging system. The part that recharges the system is in itself a rechargeable battery, then it has a paddle on it that I place over my implant and it recharges the system, then the recharger is plugged in the wall to recharge it. It seems to me they could have easily skipped a step...who needs a rechargeable battery to recharge a rechargeable battery?