Re: having problems with Boston Scientific's spinal cord st

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On 4/22/12, Kurt Swartz wrote:
> On April 12, 2009 I had a Boston Scientific Spinal Cord
Stimulator Implanted. I
> am having unknown weight loss at 45 pound to date, and have
have felt like I'm
> dying for months. I just had blood work done 4/20/12 which I
should here back
> from later this week. I'm not sure if this is the cause but
I'm an extremely healthy
> 51 male with NO other health history aside from back problems
and surgery.
>
> On 6/18/10, Heather wrote:
>> I had an ANS spinal cord stimulator and became septic because
>> the battery was infected!!!! It took me 3 years to recover!!!
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>> On 6/11/10, Lucas B. wrote:
>>> Any one having problems with Boston Scientifics spinal
>>> cord stimulator, anything from stimulation in the wrong
>>> places to stomach problems or migranes,please put your
>>> name and your story,i have found other people having these
>>> problems and would like to find out how many other people
>>> are having these problems.Thankyou, and to those with with
>>> these problems , you are not alone!
I have had the Boston Scientific SCS since April of 2011. The
trail went fine prior to this SCS I had a Medtronic for 8 years
and it no longer provided the pain relief I once had. I have
lost over 30lbs and have been tased and shocked ever since it
has been in! The first one I got was defective and it took them
6 weeks for the engineer to come to my doctor and say "Yes, it
is not working!" So I got another one and it has given me
problems in the more than a year implant. Now I have an error
and had to turn it off and wait for the rep to call me! I
thoought the Medtronic was a problem but I had more coverage
with that than i have ever had with this! Thought I was alone
because I thought that I was the only one with this horror
story! Thanks for sharing and allowing me to do the same!