Re: additional injuries caused by spinal cord stimulator

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On 2/23/13, jane klink wrote:
> On 6/16/11, A Larson wrote:
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>> On 4/07/11, Mercedes wrote:
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>>> my name is Mercedes and I am here with my friend wendy. We
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>>> both had medtronics spinal cord stimuators implanted and we
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>>> have both endured years of pain caused by the impantation
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>>> of the medtronics spinal cord stimulator. Since the initial
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>>> impant of the stimulator we have both endured many
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>>> revisions because of the wires breaking and causing
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>>> additional pain. We were both told by the doctors that the
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>>> implant of this device that we were crazy and making up all
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>>> the pain issues we were having. After Mercedes had the
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>>> implant removed in 2005 I have had 6 more back surgeries
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>>> including 2 titanium rods and 35 screws that were not an
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>>> issue before the spinal cord stimulator was implanted.
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>>> Wendy had 6 revisions within 2 years because of the spinal
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>>> cord wires breaking. The doctor kept telling her it was
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>>> normal but I was having swelling the size of a softball. I
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>>> also had blood collecting in my stomach and had to go 3
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>>> times a week to have it drawn out and was again told it was
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>>> normal. I trusted the doctor and finally saw another doctor
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>>> that said it was not normal. I had demanded every time I
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>>> had a revision for it to be removed but the doctor refused.
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>>> Finally after seeing another doctor he finally removed
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>>> after 3 years of being told I was crazy and not having the
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>>> pain I was saying I was having. I had mine removed February
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>>> 18, 2011 finally. Since then I am having more pain and
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>>> after a mri found out I have spinal stenosis and facet
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>>> joint spurring caused by all the revisions of the spinal
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>>> cord stimulator. Mercedes and I are looking for a lawyer in
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>>> Louisville Kentucky or somewhere close that knows of anyone
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>>> else that has had the same problem. We are also willing to
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>>> drive to see a lawyer to join any class action lawsuits
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>>> against medtronics spinal cord stimulators. Medtronics need
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>>> to be accountable for the pain they are causing all the
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>>> peope that have had the medtronics spinal cord stimulator
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>>> implanted. Please email us back with any information as we
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>>> are both suffering everyday with pain that was not there
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>>> before the implantation and revisions of this horrid
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>>> machine that did not help either one of us. Instead it
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>>> caused us more pain and it is making it hard to live a
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>>> normal life;
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>> They Have to be stopped! My back was treatable before the
> implant, but was
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>> used "off label" and now I am in constant pain! I can't
> function more than a few
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>> hours a day and I don't want more pain meds. They have ruined
> my life... I am in
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>> my 50s and have to hope I don't live a long life with this
> excruciating pain
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>> caused by the implant BURNING the soft tissue of my thoracic
> back. This product
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>> should be recalled and never used again!!
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