Re: Med-Tronics Permanant Device Implant
Posted by Dave on 7/19/08

i went to have the trail put in i'm laying awake for the whole
thing my doctor could not find where she wanted to put it a hour
and a half later i told her to stop i could not go with all the
pain it is in inhuman to have someone lay there awake while they
Guess where to put the leads i wish i have listen to a friend that
had it done she told me its not worth it but i'm in so much pain i
would do anything to help with it but i would not go with this
again not in this life time or next

On 7/01/07, name w/held wrote:

> I just had mine scs removed and sure do wish I had known about
> this site before ever going through with it. I, too, know
> have permanent nerve damage as a result of the SCS and a lot
> of scars, etc. I had 9 surgeries before I finally said enough
> is enough. There is a lot of problems with the units that the
> docs nor the reps will ever tell you about. It's their
> business selling and putting them in and they need us to be
> their ginny pig in order to keep paying for their fancy cars
> and vacation homes.
>
> From one human being to another -- please don't do it!
>
> Name w/held to protect future pending lawsuit :)
>
> On 6/27/07, Janis wrote:
>> 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.