Re: Med-Tronics Permanant Device Implant
Posted by Janis on 6/27/07

On 6/25/07, Tabby Baby wrote:
> I Want to see some positive responses to this chat board
> please. I need to get the whole picture from BOTH sides of
> the fence.
> Please send me some good news with this thing. I know all
> we hear or see is negative but, with that being said, I
> want to see something positive if that is possible here.
> Thanks so much
> It is for my husbands impending decision to have a perm.
> device installed.
> Tabby
Tabby,
I'ld love to give you good news about the implant,so I'll
tell you my story. In 2000 I had it put in. It did work good
for my pain. However, between 2000 and 2005 I had 8 surgery's
to fix leads that had shifted and battery replacement. I cant
even count how many trips to the Doc. for programming
problems.
When I talk about leads shifting,you need to know Tabby that
the paddle with the leads is'nt attatched to anything. Scar
tissue buildng around it is what "anchors it". Even with the
scar tissue built up around it, all it takes is the wrong
move,twist,step or lifting something.
My final blow happened in 2005. I had to have full
replacement of everything. All I did was stretch while
sitting at my pc. A new one was placed in me. Because the
Doc. did'nt place it right 3 days later I was in surgery
again. One month later all of a sudden the stimulation was
going through my whole body. I mean in my
brain,tongue,thumbs,everywhere. It was so aweful,I could,nt
turn it off. It took 8 days for the Doc. and the company to
believe me. On the 8th day I finally went to the ER. In the x-
ray it showed no movement but suffering from complete
exhaution I fell asleep during the x-ray and they could'nt
wake me up, so they admitted. The implant was removed. My
surgeon said that it had to be the implant because nothing
moved. I was given the implant by my surgeon. Med-Tronics was
not happy with that.
I sought legal help. Because he could'nt find any other case
like mine, he could'nt risk filing the lawsuit. However he
found so many very disturbing other cases.
Tabby, my advice is to really think about this clearly. Your
husband is going to have them put an electrial device in his
body. Mine malfunction and I have permanent nerve damage.
Also remember that they have been putting these implants in I
think for about 10 years. My lawyer told that if this had
happened 10 years from now,we would have a case.Not every
implant perfect.How many people do you know that bought a new
car and something electrical went wrong with it!!!
Tabby, if I had it to do all over again,I would not have had
it done. Also, about the battery. I was a few months short of
having the new rechargable battery put in. I remember my Med-
Tronics rep telling my about how this was going to be better
than the ANS rechargable battery. ANS's battery was burning
people internally. The exact same thing is happening to
people with Med-Tronics new battery, go figure..
When you see Your Med-tronic rep ask him if he can say
you'll never have these problems, and give them the bird for
me for not warning me about all these possabilities.
Good luck,
Janis

Posts on this thread, including this one

• Med-Tronics Permanant Device Implant, 6/25/07, by Tabby Baby.
• Re: Med-Tronics Permanant Device Implant, 6/27/07, by Janis.
• Re: Med-Tronics Permanant Device Implant, 7/01/07, by name w/held.
• Re: Med-Tronics Permanant Device Implant, 8/06/07, by Mr C.
• Re: Med-Tronics Permanant Device Implant, 8/06/07, by Mr C.
• Re: Med-Tronics Permanant Device Implant, 8/16/07, by Machella Fisher.
• Re: Med-Tronics Permanant Device Implant, 8/22/07, by carol.
• Re: Med-Tronics Permanant Device Implant, 7/19/08, by Dave.