Re: Med-Tronics Permanant Device Implant
Posted by Mr C on 8/06/07

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
Response..
I had my perm implant, Med Tronics, May17, since I've had 2 good
weeks out of 4 months and now fighting to get this piece of
defective junk out of my body. I have done my research like most,
after, instead of before and learned late my problems are common.
Firts, cracked leads, carcked connector block, defective battery.
I have experienced the worst pain since my back injury two years
ago , all because of this defective piece of junk. First thing,
folks, this thing just disguises real medical issues and
insurance companies pay for it to avoid paying for real
operations that cost 20 times as much. It also cuts down on the
high cost of meds, when it works. In my case, med intake has
doubled, pain unbearable and now having to fight the medtronics
folks to get this piece of defective battery leaking junk out of
my body. My advice, DO NOT do this...Never.. Make your doctor
seek a long term positive treatment, not a short term pain
disguise like this. God bless and you're in my prayers..
>> 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.