the Redneck's idea of a night out.... down at the Clip Joint...  

The 'trial' was amazing and beyond all expectations.

The actual implant is not going near as well. I don't know if it has to settle inside or if it's due to actually being fastened to the nerves/spine where the trial was just 'resting' on the area....I don't know. I keep going for adjustments in the settings and keep having to have them redone. Then on the 30th, I was blessed with a kidney stone that does not seem to want to pass. It's difficult to know which pain is my back and which is the stone.

Trying to work some things out with the doctors. They forgot to tell me that everytime I go to have this thing adjusted, I have to pay for an office visit. Being out of work for over two years, I'm trying to figure out how to keep the utilities on and food on the table. The visits just don't fit in the budget right now. Fortunately (or unfortunately...it all depends) I am officially disabled but have to wait until August for that to kick in. I've unloaded what I can, like my music equipment and such, trying to make it. I made 8 bucks on Fiverr but can't figure out how to get the money from my Paypal to my bank accnt. lol.

I just have to hold on until August. It just seems like the closer it gets the further it is away.

well, hopefully you get to achieve the full benefits of the trial results eventually... sooner rather than later would be nice.....

August is juuuuust around the corner... hang in there... and don't forget your 8 glasses of water day....

sorry to hear you lost your music equipment...      temporarily, I hope.......medical costs over there are a killer...  

things GOTTA get better...    

We have a friend who has the same implant. She said it took her about sox months until they had the settings  to a point where she isn't having to get then adjusted every week. The cost of the visit is only bad when you don't have it. I'm 'riding out' the kidney stone cause it would cost too much for the scope and my Journey has laryngitis and I have to put her first. She has been pitiful all week with the coughing and the squeaky voice. She wakes up in the middle of the night crying cause her throat hurts and it breaks my heart. I know it's bad when she turns down ice cream and Popsicles.

The music equipment and stuff is no big deal. I'm lucky I had it when I did in every aspect. I've been even luckier and more blessed to have the kind of friends that I do here.

sorry to hear Journey's crook... you feel helpless when kids are sick....and sore throats are the pits... whether it's the, can't swallow 'cause of the sandpaper and razorblades feeling.... or the equally bad, swollen gland feeling...

we're beginning the flu season here and many parents want to vaccinate their kids... but they're told not to because the kids have to have the opportunity to build up their immune systems... so.. looking on the bright side of things, hopefully it doesn't last long.. and she has an immunity boost from it... 

with the implant.... you'd think the one cost of it would cover actually getting the procedure to a point where it is effective.... you might have one person needing 1 or 2 visits... and another 6 months or more... which makes it a vastly different cost experience for each person... should be one cost for all.... and it's up to them to get it right within that cost...as long as it takes....  But at least you still have a brighter future to look forward to when it's all sorted...I hope you keep us updated...I'm sure there are many people here like myself who have been quietly following your back/pain woes and wishing you the best outcome...

Po... Those two songs are wonderful. Very much enjoyed listening to them.  Surely hope you find your way back from all this.  Good luck to you sir.

David

It's different with each doctor. Our neighbor who has one deals with the same company and reps that I do. They're not the issue. It's MY pain doctor who charges me when I meet them at his office. My neighbors pain doctor, on the other hand, NEVER charges for the adjustment visits. My doctor says he charges because HE has to see me after they do their adjustment as a CYA kind of thing. I knpow what you're going to say next, but if you knew how long it took me to get in with this pain docotor (Doc can attest to the hell I have been thru with doctors) I can't just up and switch doctors.

I'm trying to set up another visit as soon as I can afford it and see if the reps are open to 'meeting' anywhere else.

Than you.

I attest.

However, as much hell as you've been through with Doctors, there's only one who has damaged your eyes with his crappy shops.

Before the implant:

After (we hoped):

well.... yes.....

but I do understand your reasoning...you'll get there in the end...   ... the hare and the tortoise an' all that...  

and....hopefully.....

(doc ain't the only one who can do crappy photoshops...  )

Nice! I eagerly await the music video, Po looks good in that tutu.