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    Post: medtronic spinal cord stimulator

    Posted by mercedes on 4/07/11


    Before I had the spinal cord stimulator implanted I was in
    so much pain the doctor prescribed me so much pain
    medication that I was nearly brain dead. I tried to committ
    suicide 5 times as well as kill my husband and my children.
    I was extremely sedated from being prescribed so much
    medication that I was out of control and did not even
    realize the pain I was inflicting on myself as well as my
    family. That is when the doctor decided to implant the
    spinal cord stimulator to provide pain relief. He implanted
    the battery pack to the spinal cord stimulator in my left
    butt cheek. Not tryiing to be explicit but he dug a hole in
    my left butt cheek to implant the spinal cord stimulator.
    The first month I did get "some" pain relief but after that
    the wire broke and I did not get ANY pain relief. The
    stimulator broke 3 times. I complained so often to the
    doctor and the nurses and doctor treated me like i was
    crazy and even told me that I just wanted pain medication.
    Dr. James Patrick Murphy, a pain management doctor in
    Louisville Kentucky, was the one that did all these
    surgeries and prescribed all this medication. I saw Dr
    Gregory Nazar and he immediately said that the stimulator
    needed to be removed and i needed a MRI. Dr. Murphy refused
    to remove the stimulator even though I needed an MRI. I
    needed a MRI so 'Dr Gregory Nazar in Louisville, Ky
    instructed Dr Murphy to take the spinal cord stimulator out
    because Dr Murphy refused numerous times to remove it every
    time I requested and just wanted to revise it. Dr.Murphy
    did 4 revisions trying to make it work not to mention the
    15 times I had to visit the doctors office to have it
    reprogrammed with no success. So I decided to just turn it
    off because I was not getting any relief so why have it on.
    Right? When Dr. Murphy was doing the surgery to remove the
    stimulator the wire from my butt he numbed because he didnt
    want to cut my spine my left butt cheek and I was wide
    awake because when the wire broke it was to late to give me
    any anesthesia. I was awake during the whole procedure and
    I was scared and was in so much pain. I was in a nightmare
    and wasnt even asleep. After the spinal cord stimulator I
    had the MRI and found out I had a herniated disc in L4 and
    L5 where the wires were and I never had this herniated disc
    before the spinal cord stimulator was implanted. I had 6
    surgeries for the herniated disc and they eventually put in
    2 titanium rods and 35 screws in my back in 2009. They are
    telling me now that I am going to require another surgery
    and I am scared to death. I feel like a piece of meat
    because they keep cutting on me. No one should have to go
    through the pain and suffering I have gone through so I am
    telling my story to anyone thinking of having this
    procedure done from Medtronics. This company is ruining the
    lives of so many people. Anyone who has had this done
    should share their story as well. Medtronics should be
    responsible for ruining the lives of so many people.

    Posts on this thread, including this one
  • medtronic spinal cord stimulator, 4/07/11, by mercedes.
  • Re: medtronic spinal cord stimulator, 5/07/11, by R Howard.
  • Re: medtronic spinal cord stimulator, 5/09/11, by Brittany Bryant.
  • Re: medtronic spinal cord stimulator, 1/06/12, by Verna Barnett.
  • Re: medtronic spinal cord stimulator, 2/27/12, by Tracy.


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