Thank you Jenna! That was great!
Your feedback is EXACTLY what I'm looking for! I'm not in to 'sugar coating' either, so I really appreciate your straightforwardness.

Do we have the same Dr I wonder???

You hit the nail on the head - especially the part about my ongoing pain implying 'failure'.....BINGO....
And see, he REPEATEDLY told me not to expect more than 50% pain relief with the SCS when he was selling me the thing!
I am very happy with the stimulator and I even claim that it gives me 70-75% relief (in my legs)......so geeeze... it's like he's just dancing all over himself with his contradicting....and HOPEFULLY the psychiatrist lady and I will do well together and that she will see this for what it is! Good LORD it isn't meant to be a 'fight' with this guy! TBH, I want OUT of his hair! He's a jerk and has no business treating RSD pts.

The more I read up on what pain psychiatrists are here for, the better it makes me feel, because i KNOW in my heart that I'm straight down the line simply wanting to manage my pain and live my life the best I can. I have aLOT of responsibilities and don't have time to @#$% with these idiots any more than they want to mess with me.
YEAH! Whewwwww you're right...it DOES feel good to let off a rant

I'll pass the soapbox on to you now ........

I see my other posts have come thru...
I guess now this makes me an 'official' member! yippeee