Re: massive pain from medtronics back stimulator trial

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On 4/22/11, Richard Wagner wrote:
> After three back operations and chronic lower back pain I
> was told by my Doctor I needed to try the Medtronic back
> stimulator.After the procedure was finished I went home
and
> was resting on my bed. After about an hour or so really
> severe pain set in my lower back. The pain continued to
> increase as time went by becomming worse and worse, so I
> called my doctor who told me to call him the next mornning
> if the pain continued. After not sleeping that night I
> called him first thing A.M. and prescribed brak through
> med. to help with the pain and said it would get better in
> a day or two. The pain was so bad I had to have the wires
> removed seven days later. The moment the wires were
removed
> the pain went back to where it was before the trial. Has
> any one ever experienced this same
reaction ?????..........THE SAME THING HAPPENED TO ME. i HAD
THE STIMULATOR PUT IN, IT BROKE THEY HAD TO REMOVE IT, NOW i
AM IN MORE PAIN AND SUFFERED A BROKEN T-10 VERTABRAE WHERE
THEY ELECTRODE WAS PLACED. THE WIRES CONNECTING THE LEADS
SLICED INTO SOFT TISSUE CAUSING MASSIVE SCARRING AND I WAS
ELECTRICALLY SHOCKED FOR 48 HOURS TILL THEY COULD TURN IY
OFF. IT HAS BEEN AN NIGHTMARE. i HAVE MORE PAIN FROM THE
DEVICE AFTER IT WAS REMOVED THAN BEFORE i HAD IT PUT IN TO
BEGIN WITH PLUS ANOTHER VERTABRAE IS NOW FRACTURED BUT THEY
REPAIRED IT VIA BILATERAL KYPHOPLASTY. I wish I never had it
put in if I new this outcome would happen.