tigger_gal
06-02-2006, 03:24 PM
Hello Fellow IC'ers
Most of you know me, I am an interstim success story, However, I am not here to brag about my success.. There are a few of us here that has posted post afer post about the negitave and the postive.. But, thats not even what this post is about.. This post is about YOU.. It is your body and it is your decision to decide if you want a device in your body...
this is what you need to know:
1) You do have a choice. There are other options before the interstim.
2) Make sure you have tried every oral med possible and instills if you can handle them.
3) do you hget relief with hydro's? if yes do not do the stim.
4) Ask your doctor, Why are you pushing the interstim?
5) Ask what is your success and failure rate? can I talk to them?
6) have you gone to www.interstim.com ?
7) have you read success and failure stories here, or any where else on line?
8) Interstim leads are not attached to your nerves, but, it is possible forthem to get moved and hit them.
9) Do you want the responsibilty of having to guard you butt like it is fort knox.
10) there is a considerable amount of pain during the healing process after a device has been put into your body.
11) you must consider that weight gain and weight loss can possibly cause probles where the device is implanted.
12) you mayhave to have many reprograms if you go thru a lot of security devices. (I had to have the magnet shut off, and put on cycling because I got reprogramed and shut off and on everytime I went into a store)
13) Take your time researching.. I did over a year.
14) Interstim IS NOT the only treatment for IC
15) Ask your doctor what he knows about sacral nerves, if he says that the leads are attached to them, run.. do not walk,, out of his office.
16) Ask your Doctor how much training he received, to be able to do the interstims
17) if you are told that the interstim is for pain, or will most likely help you pain... he is dead wrong. (I know of 1 person that got pain relief)
18) Ask your doctor what the risks are
19) what are the bennifits
20) get all the free info you can on the interstim.
21) Discuss the interstim with your family and friends
22) don't get bullied, guilted or talked into or out of what you want to do.
23) know the ins, the outs, the facts and the fiction of the interstim.
24) Interstim is not for you if you do not have frequency or urgency.
25) check the fda and maude.
I hope this helps any one considering the interstim..
This is a very hot topic, and it is only black and white. there is no inbetween. you either love it or you hate it.. The ones with success love it and the ones that had nothing but problems hate it, and with good reason to. You have to have a doctor that knows what he is doing to be able to do this, so please do all your homework and research.
Most of you know me, I am an interstim success story, However, I am not here to brag about my success.. There are a few of us here that has posted post afer post about the negitave and the postive.. But, thats not even what this post is about.. This post is about YOU.. It is your body and it is your decision to decide if you want a device in your body...
this is what you need to know:
1) You do have a choice. There are other options before the interstim.
2) Make sure you have tried every oral med possible and instills if you can handle them.
3) do you hget relief with hydro's? if yes do not do the stim.
4) Ask your doctor, Why are you pushing the interstim?
5) Ask what is your success and failure rate? can I talk to them?
6) have you gone to www.interstim.com ?
7) have you read success and failure stories here, or any where else on line?
8) Interstim leads are not attached to your nerves, but, it is possible forthem to get moved and hit them.
9) Do you want the responsibilty of having to guard you butt like it is fort knox.
10) there is a considerable amount of pain during the healing process after a device has been put into your body.
11) you must consider that weight gain and weight loss can possibly cause probles where the device is implanted.
12) you mayhave to have many reprograms if you go thru a lot of security devices. (I had to have the magnet shut off, and put on cycling because I got reprogramed and shut off and on everytime I went into a store)
13) Take your time researching.. I did over a year.
14) Interstim IS NOT the only treatment for IC
15) Ask your doctor what he knows about sacral nerves, if he says that the leads are attached to them, run.. do not walk,, out of his office.
16) Ask your Doctor how much training he received, to be able to do the interstims
17) if you are told that the interstim is for pain, or will most likely help you pain... he is dead wrong. (I know of 1 person that got pain relief)
18) Ask your doctor what the risks are
19) what are the bennifits
20) get all the free info you can on the interstim.
21) Discuss the interstim with your family and friends
22) don't get bullied, guilted or talked into or out of what you want to do.
23) know the ins, the outs, the facts and the fiction of the interstim.
24) Interstim is not for you if you do not have frequency or urgency.
25) check the fda and maude.
I hope this helps any one considering the interstim..
This is a very hot topic, and it is only black and white. there is no inbetween. you either love it or you hate it.. The ones with success love it and the ones that had nothing but problems hate it, and with good reason to. You have to have a doctor that knows what he is doing to be able to do this, so please do all your homework and research.