Re: boston scientific spinal cord stimulator

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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