Re: Med-Tronics Permanant Device Implant
Posted by carol on 8/22/07

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.