Re: Do NOT get a spinal cord stimulator

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After reading your post, I feel KINDA lucky, I had a Spinal
Cord Stimulator put in at Johns Hopkins University on July 15,
2010, immediately i knew something was wrong, I had a muscle
bulging out of my back where the paddle lead was mal-placed. I
was in extreme pain and asked my doctor to remove it
immediately, he to refused. Saying "I had a Cadillac in my
rump" i.e. expensive equipment. He also put in the battery
pack too low in my rump, therefore i sit on it everyday in
pain. I finally found a doctor, after going to 5
Neurosurgeons, who refused to touch it, to get it removed on
September 23, 2011. Over a year later. IF YOU DONT HAVE ONE
DO NOT GET ONE. They cause more pain than they are worth. I
want to sue my doctors from Hopkins and don't know where to
begin. I feel your pain and pray you find relief soon. I am 7
days post op, still in pain in both areas. Thank God its out
though finally. I can feel some difference. Now please pray
that it heals properly inside and out. Any attorneys in
Maryland who want to help me sue Hopkins, contact me PLEASE.