Why the wait?

I'm so happy with the SCS and how well it's working for me now. I just look back over the time I was going to my pain management doctor and I'm disappointed it took them so long to make the recommendation for a SCS. Then, during the months I spent fighting with insurance for this, there was a warning each and every month about how it may not work, about how difficult it is to stimulate the thoracic spine properly and all of that. Yet, today, after only six days with the permanent SCS installation, I'm just as happy as I could be. The main pain is surgery related rather than the same ongoing nerve pain. I just wish we could have done this trial months and months ago so we knew it could have helped. It just serves to remind me that the doctors are not the primary advocate for our health...it is completely up to us.