Re: boston scientific spinal cord stimulator

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On 3/18/11, concerned wrote:
> On 7/09/10, jo ann zagger schettino wrote:
>> All of you with the Boston Scientific Spine Stimulator have
>> I got a story for you. About a year ago Boston Sci.
>> changed out there battery charges due to burns.
>> Well about 31/2 weeks ago i charged with the replacement
>> charger and the next day woke with pain where the
> stimulator
>> was placed, Its on my left side under my rib cage and
> sticks
>> out, which i have complained about since day one and am
>> still in pain when someone touches me there, but that's
>> another story. When I lifted my shirt my 8 yr. old
> daughter
>> gasped.
>> There was a quarter size burn so filled and taunt it hurt
>> along with an odd V shaped blister as well. I went to my
>> Pain Specialist Dr. who was so VERY concerned he placed me
>> on 850 mg of Amoxicillian and sent me to see my primary
>> phys. ASAP. My Primary physcian said they were burns at
> the
>> positive and negative sites of the internal battery or
>> leakage from the same area he was truly concerned and upped
>> my antibiotic to 1000mg of Amox. I went back to the pain
>> specialist Dr.s office to meet with him and a rep from
>> boston scientific, the boston scientific rep said something
>> definitely seems wrong let me get the Dr. This is where it
>> gets really good he nonchalantly walks into the office with
>> the rep there as a witness closes the door, leans against
>> it, crosses his arms and legs and proceeds to say he spoke
>> to Robert another Rep. at B.S. and there is no way this
>> could happen, this is the same guy who was so concerned,
>> remember. He countined to go on about how Myself and
> Husband
>> were not giving him the full story. Well, of course my
>> husband got pissed and said are you kidding are you trying
>> to say she burnt herself, her primary phys. said its a
>> positive and negative burn, his response was is this Dr.
>> also an electrician. Needless to say my husband took me
> out
>> of his office immeadiately while I of course was hysterical
>> crying, thinking what do I do now. After we walked out my
>> husband caught up with the Rep and she as well could not
>> believe what had just happened. Well, now I have no Dr.
>> Which BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SAID THEY WOULD LOCATE ME A NEW
DR.
>> FAMILIAR WITH THE MACHINE....WELL THAT STILL HASN'T
> HAPPENED
>> AND AS FAR AS THE BURNS THEY ARE DEEP AND PAINFUL. PLEASE
>> IF ANYONE CAN HELP ME LET ME KNOW.
>> I TRULY WOULD LIKE TO SUE ALL OF THEM THE DR. WHO PUT THE
>> STIMULATOR IN, BUT WON'T LOOK AT IT BECAUSE HE DOESN'T TAKE
>> MY INSURANCE ANYMORE. MY PAIN MNGT DR. WHO ALL OF A
SUDDEN
>> DOESN'T GIVE A DAMN AND WITHOUT A DOUBT BOSTON SCIENTIFIC
>> FOR STILL LEAVING ME OUT IN THE WIND WITHOUT A DR. FAMILIAR
>> WITH THEIR PRODUCT, WHILE I STILL CAN'T SLEEP AT NIGHT AND
>> DEAL WITH PAIN ALL DAY... THERE IS NO WAY TO RECHARGE WITH
>> DEEP OPEN WOUNDS. SHOULDN'T THEY BE HELPING ME AREN'T
THEY
>> RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR OWN PRODUCT. IF A LAWYER OR
SOMEONE
>> WHO KNOWS A GOOD LAWYER WHO WOULD TAKE MY CASE PLEASE
LET
> ME
>> KNOW. THEY CAN'T KEEP PUTTING US ALL OFF FOREVER.
>
> GET IT REMOVED ASAP!
>
> My son had a Boston Scientific Spinal Stimulator, this was
> his 2nd one, the 1st one malfunctioned & they replaced it.
> Last Sunday we had been to church & after church we stopped
> at Taco Bell & all of a sudden he said this thing is messing
> with my breathing & started jerking like he was having a
> seizure, I looked up & he was blue in his face. The machine
> was malfunctioning & caused every muscle in his body to
> spasm, including his diapharm which caused him not to be
> able to breathe. We called Ambulance. This thing had been
> malfunctioning for 4-5 days, rep came prior & even deleted
> all the programs, still kept firing, the leads migrated down
> 4-5 disc spaces & lodged in the nerve root, he had been to
> ER twice before this. Boston Scientific kept trying to blame
> it on something else. Our ER did not have a Neuro Surgeon
> that could remove it, we took him to Vanderbilt in Nashville
> Tn. last Monday they removed it, the surgeon said it was
> difficult for it had lodged, they could not take some leads
> out, but they got everything else out, paddles, battery
> etc.... The surgeon even was shocked by the stimulator ,and
> this caused the surgery to take even longer. I forgot how
> many volts it was sending but it was unbelievable. They told
> him he could have all sorts of problems because of this
> thing, like heart problems due to so much volts,paralysis,
> his left leg drags now, etc...
> Watch out if they take it out DO NOT LET THEM GIVE THE UNIT
> BACK TO THE REPS, if they get it they will make up some
> ridiculous story about it was lost etc... Sounds like they
> already know how that thing can kill someone.
> I was a Paramedic for years & I had seen alot of seizures in
> my line of work, but I had never seen anybodys body do what
> his did as this thing malfunctioned, he was in so much pain
> anything they laid him on became wet, he sweated so bad from
> the pain, his heart rate was sky high, B/P was high, this
> thing almost killed him and it took 5 days before we found a
> DR that would/could remove it.Also when that thing was
> firing every muscle in his body, including his diaphram, was
> as hard as concrete. This is just a piece of what he went
> through.
> I am telling you this to try to prevent anyone else from
> having to go thru this & to try & save a life, because if
> this had been an older person I do believe they would have
> had a heart attack from it & died.
> So, Please stay away from the spinal/neuro stimulators, they
> are very, very dangerous.
> Sincerely, concerned mother