Posted by Pat Mahafeey on 7/25/11

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After a succwssful trial withe the stimulator, May 25,
2010, I had the medtronic spin stimulator put in my left
hip. It worked great with a few minor adjustments. I had
no pain, rode a motorcycle to N.C and back to FL. Spent 6
days on the bike. Christmas party, I was able to dance,
jitterbug, et. I had 3 programs on the stimulator and c
was the best. I kept it at 360 during the day and 300 at
night. This kept me comfortable. On Jan. 19 2011, I had
an appointment to have the stimulator checked, just a
routine visit. The tech. from medtronic found a bad lead
it wa #7, he waid we weren't using it and it would be ok.
He kept changing things and when I left the stem was on
program a or b, after 2 days I was a little uncomfortable,
so I tried to go to the C program, it was all O's. I
called the tech, he didn't know what had happened. Finally
I got the number back but when I tried to use it I started
getting shocked. When I would charge the stimulator I
would get shocked. I saw another tech and she said on of
the connections was to close to the bad lead and she turned
the bad lead off. I went back to the dr again, saw a
different tech, he made adjustmens. I was still not getting
relief. Back again and I saw 2 techs, one who had been
present when the stimulator was implanted and the one I had
seen on the last visit. Another visit to the drs and again
I saw the origan tech, she set everyting back to what it
had been before Christmas. I continued to get shocked,
shocked when I charged it. I called the dr and was told to
turn it off. I had it removed July 25, 2011. I still have
pain in the area the stimulator was in and pain in the spin
where the wires were. Every time I had to go for an
adjustment it cost me $52.00. If I had seen this web site
before I would not have had it implanted. No lawyer will
take the case because the stimulator is FDA approved.

Medtronic Spinal Cord Stimulator, 7/25/11, by Pat Mahafeey.

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