Re: additional injuries caused by spinal cord stimulator

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On 10/27/11, Harold wrote:
> On 10/19/11, Oscar Toledo wrote:
>> On 6/16/11, A Larson wrote:
>>> On 4/07/11, Mercedes wrote:
>>>> my name is Mercedes and I am here with my friend wendy. We
>>>> both had medtronics spinal cord stimuators implanted and we
>>>> have both endured years of pain caused by the impantation
>>>> of the medtronics spinal cord stimulator. Since the initial
>>>> impant of the stimulator we have both endured many
>>>> revisions because of the wires breaking and causing
>>>> additional pain. We were both told by the doctors that the
>>>> implant of this device that we were crazy and making up all
>>>> the pain issues we were having. After Mercedes had the
>>>> implant removed in 2005 I have had 6 more back surgeries
>>>> including 2 titanium rods and 35 screws that were not an
>>>> issue before the spinal cord stimulator was implanted.
>>>> Wendy had 6 revisions within 2 years because of the spinal
>>>> cord wires breaking. The doctor kept telling her it was
>>>> normal but I was having swelling the size of a softball. I
>>>> also had blood collecting in my stomach and had to go 3
>>>> times a week to have it drawn out and was again told it was
>>>> normal. I trusted the doctor and finally saw another doctor
>>>> that said it was not normal. I had demanded every time I
>>>> had a revision for it to be removed but the doctor refused.
>>>> Finally after seeing another doctor he finally removed
>>>> after 3 years of being told I was crazy and not having the
>>>> pain I was saying I was having. I had mine removed February
>>>> 18, 2011 finally. Since then I am having more pain and
>>>> after a mri found out I have spinal stenosis and facet
>>>> joint spurring caused by all the revisions of the spinal
>>>> cord stimulator. Mercedes and I are looking for a lawyer in
>>>> Louisville Kentucky or somewhere close that knows of anyone
>>>> else that has had the same problem. We are also willing to
>>>> drive to see a lawyer to join any class action lawsuits
>>>> against medtronics spinal cord stimulators. Medtronics need
>>>> to be accountable for the pain they are causing all the
>>>> peope that have had the medtronics spinal cord stimulator
>>>> implanted. Please email us back with any information as we
>>>> are both suffering everyday with pain that was not there
>>>> before the implantation and revisions of this horrid
>>>> machine that did not help either one of us. Instead it
>>>> caused us more pain and it is making it hard to live a
>>>> normal life;
>>>
>>> They Have to be stopped! My back was treatable before the
>> implant, but was
>>> used "off label" and now I am in constant pain! I can't
>> function more than a few
>>> hours a day and I don't want more pain meds. They have ruined
>> my life... I am in
>>> my 50s and have to hope I don't live a long life with this
>> excruciating pain
>>> caused by the implant BURNING the soft tissue of my thoracic
>> back. This product
>>> should be recalled and never used again!!
>
> I had this stimulator implant in 1/08 & it has it has destroyed
> me, right after I had it put it I begged the Dr. to do something
> with the stimulator. The Dr. didn't even take the time to even
> program it right to make it work for me so I stayed in constant
> pain for 3 years trying to find someone to take it out. The Dr.
> that had it put in was feeding me pain meds. & then got mad at
> me because I was complaining so much with pain, he go angry at
> me, & called me a drug addict and walked out me at his office
> leaving me with no Dr. I was alone with the stimulator in me for
> 3 more painful yrs. but my family Dr. called the Dr. that put it
> in to have it removed & she said she wouldn't do it. Another Dr.
> in the same office called & finally agreed to remove it. My
> surgery was on 3/2011 & all that he was able to remove was the
> battery & leads, the stumulator could not be removed because the
> Dr. that put it in cut a piece of my spine out & put it in to
> deep & it would be too dangerous to remove because it would
> paralyze me. I am stuck with the stimulator in my spine for life
> & with the tremdous pain I have to endure...
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