Re: Med-Tronics Permanant Device Implant
Posted by Machella Fisher on 8/16/07

On 8/06/07, Mr C wrote:
> 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


I would like to know what kind of nerve damage you have and are
there any warning signs. In the last couple of months I have began
to experience tingling and pain in my toe and foot

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.