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I hope to be alive to see that. How much cost a MRI ? Who will be able to afford it ? Would NIH study few people and say that it's the way it's works?
I saw something on TV about that showing the different colors of the brain according to pain, pleasure, music, etc. It might work but.......
This is the light at the end of the tunnel for those to come in 1/2 century from now, not for us RIGHT now.
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This is very confusing to me, as Medtronic has been for over 10 years implanting devices into people that are "supposed" to stop the pain signal from your area of pain to the area of the brain that receives it. Now how can they create such a device, at a tune of $85,000 (according to my insurance EOB) and NOW they tell us they are going to figure out where all the circuitry is related to, in relation to pain? This is like putting the cart before the horse OR is it just another waste of taxpayers dollars for something they already know. When work injuries, such as back pain are the #1 expense to employers and insurers - why in the world has this study not been slated to be done IMMEDIATELY a LONG, LONG time ago! They complain about the cost issues related to us individuals who suffer in chronic pain and yet the government does so very little about it. Trust me, I would rather have my old life back, work 80 hours a week like I did and have a painfree life. I would do that every single day for the remainder of my life, than live like this; as I am sure I am not the only one that feels this way. So why is the government snooping now or should I say "investigating" now? Hasn't the FDA already approved TENS units (similiar principal) and neurostimulators (same principal) - to me, it sounds like they are re-doing and wasting MORE taxpayers money!
Perhaps, the NIH will use the past knowlege with the newer information. To get a clearer picture of chronic pain.
I've got spinal stenosis in all area's of my neck and back. I also have several osteophytes that are touching the spinal cord and I need to know what can be done about the pain I now have.