@MagdalenaM 

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MagdalenaM

Fes experience

Hi All. Has anyone got or had the Functional Electroid Stimulation fitted? I have my first appnt in January and wonder how it works and if it actually help on Foot drop? Mags
@Highlander

@magdalenam Hi and welcome to the club.... Top left you'll see a magnifying glass. Click on that and search for fes you'll find other people's posts about it. Feel free to ask anything you like we'll try and find an answer one way or another. Welcome again 😀

@ItsMewithMS

As highlander notes there has been much discussion on FES devices on this forum and that is where I have learned the most and the blogs of Roger Southall. I am in the US where they first try a plastic/fiberglass orthodic for footdrop. I got one the beginning of this year and it seemed to work ok for awhile. Then I needed a bit more and they hate to keep giving you new ones when you need to"up the dose". I also found that the muscles in the front of my shin were atrophying as they didn't have to do as much work. I was fitted for the L300 Go system and am fighting paperwork to get one as in the US they are seen as more experimental and always initially denied. I just got a letter from my Neuro to help override the insurance rejection. So search this forum and find the blogs of Roger Southall. He is often around on this forum but also communicated with me directly when I reached out- https://www.wholesorts.com/ Good luck and keep moving ;-)