Re: spinal cord simalator ! boston scienufic lawsuits !

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On 6/09/10, t.j. wrote:
> On 6/09/10, lucas b wrote:
>> On 6/08/10, t.j. wrote:
>>> looking for anyone that has sued boston scienufic over
>>> problem with the stimalatore not working due to any or all
>>> problems. your feed back will help . thankyou ! T.J.
>>
>> TJ im also having problems with the precion spinal cord
>> stimulator, i have been searching the internet for othe r
>> people in my situation the drs think im lying and the rep
>> says he can not give me any answers, im tired of being a
>> test dumby for this product, i also need answers,email me
>> with some of the problems you've been having.
>
> okay folks, here we go:
> this man is not lying. i'm sure they want to blame everyone
> and everything else. the truth is, they can't stop the pain by
> putting it where it's at. and then they want to all blame each
> other. the tech said the doctor might have not put it in
> straight. then the doctor took an x-ray while i was in the
> office to show it was in place and straight, then they wanted
> to say it was nerve tissue or something to that effect. it
> seems like it's all just one big blame game. i know i have one
> of the best surgeons i the country, here in houston. won't
> mention his name at this time, but i hear he fixes everyone
> elses screw ups from all over the country. he did fix my
> tingling going down my right leg. got the problem off the
> psyotic nerve so my leg doesn't give out anymore like it use
> to. i believe the bottom line is that these things aren't all
> cracked up to what they are put out to be. i think there is
> just alot of money involved in it for the people selling and
> installing them based on broken promises of returning to a
> normal life. the only thing is, is that they did the trial
> test for 3 days, and the pain doctor that did that test, i
> actuallly got a large relief. almost 40 to 50&37;. so i know
they
> kinda work, but i think it has alot to do with positioning in
> the right area and from what i've seen on youtube, in a live
> surgery they wake the patient up in the middle of the surgery
> and adjust it accordingly, which my surgeon doesn't believe in
> waking people out of the anesthesia. so it's kinda a look
> where the test was done on the x-ray and try to place it
> accordingly. the top part of the paddle which is installed in
> your back seems to work fine on tingling the upper part of
> your back, but will not do the lower part of my back and my
> legs where needed. thereforth i believe that either a wire is
> not making good contact or the contacts on the paddle aren't
> putting out as they are supposed to. then again, i am no
> expert, but i sure have learned alot in the last two months.
> there is alot of information out here on the web regaurding
> spinal stimulators, but i see more problems with them, then i
> do good results; i.e, broken wires, damaged batteries or
> batteries that won't charge, and just plain other problems.
> i'm beginning to wonder if it's really worth it.

I had one implanted in late 2/10 and it was botched.
Apparently, the paddle was placed face out vice face in. Going
through two surgeries w/in 2 weeks really sucked and I'm
contemplating a lawsuit as I had to go through the pain twice,
used 6 weeks of leave and it hasn't lived up to my
expectations. I figured I'd go this route rather than another
360 fusion operation and in retrospect, I maybe I shoudl've gone
through another extremely painful fusion operation for two more
lower back discs. Needless to say, I'm extremely pissed at this
point and would like to know others that have had "botched"
surgeries w/ this stimulator.

Greg