Spinal Cord Stimulator

i had a trial one put in in may 2009 seemed to work well went ahead and had a permenant put in in sept 2009 has let me finish my car and walk around without stick but like anything if you push yourself or it you will pay with pain,
i have a 5kg weight limit which means i could not do very many things so mine is pushed frequently but i see a pain specialist who takes everything knto consideration including any other medications you are on, as i am anti depressants they were affecting the uptake of the codeine in the panadiene forte i was on so he changed medications 2 or 3 times to get a combination that works, mine is due to a work injury in 2003, i had a fusion of s1 l5 l4 in september 2005, it took till 2007 to get the government health service's insurer to agree it was work related and cover me after initially accepting liability upto 2004, then it was the legal $h!t fight to get covered again.
summing up i love my stimulator but it goes flat on me in about 3 days