Last Hope

Monday August 17 my husband Ralph will have surgery to have a spinal cord stimulator inserted in his back. This is the last hope we have for him to have some pain relief. Right now he is taking about 10 pills a day for pain relief. Some days he spends close to 6 hours a day in bed because of the pain. If this works he should be able to cut down on the pain meds and be a lot more active. It has taken almost 2 years for this procedure to be approved by workman's comp.The reason Price $50,000. Of course right now his pain meds are running close to $2,000. a month and don't always work. Our case has been if this procedure cuts the pain meds in half, in 2 years workman's comp. will have saved enough money to pay for the simulator. So I'm keeping my fingers crossed and saying lots of prayers and hoping this will work. It truly is our last hope for pain relief. I'll know more by September. It would be nice if Ralph could have a big smile on his face in time for my birthday. Something I have been waiting for 11 years.