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

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On 7/30/12, Brenda M, wrote:
> 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!