Dr. Wristen was my physician for 4 months. She used very aggressive tactics to get a spinal cord stimulator in me. Intimidating behavior: bullying, harassing, and threats. She didn’t care about me at all. Beware! Read this: “Implanted Spinal Cord Stimulators for Pain Relief: Illustrating the FDA’s Dangerously Lax Oversight of High-Risk Implantable Medical Devices” Public Citizen, June 2020 Michael A. Carome, M.D. -The report’s overarching observation in the conclusion on page 50: “Taken together, the observations summarized in this report demonstrate that there is NOT a reasonable assurance that implanted spinal-cord stimulators for pain relief…are safe and effective for their FDA-cleared or FDA-approved uses.” SSDI does not require you to get a spinal cord stimulator. They are dangerous, risky devices and the surgery is dangerous and risky. Be informed. Read the full report at Public Citizen