Re: Spinal cord stimulator (Medtronics})

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On 6/26/12, Wayne wrote:
> I have been in the medical feild all of my life.
> That all changed after getting a spinal cord
> stimulator.My unit was working well on the trial
> but one of the two leads weren"t working. When I
> had a revision in 2004 neither worked. I know
> have a unit in me that I cant get taken out the
> battery pack feels like I am laying or sitting
> on a wallet.I can Never have a MRI again and
> have more pain then when metronics pushed this
> thing. Why would there be a person in the O.R.
> that was not scrubbed in but had a say on
> how,where and what to do with it. ANYONE having
> this done I would really advise against it. I
> have more pain,less sleep and decreased quality
> of life. I also can not get this taken out and
> the medtronic rep.was "scheduled to program
> someone elses to program. She did say that "she
> feels bad that it didnt work out for me" that
> makes the last 8 plus years of pain,trouble
> sitting,sleeping and the total disability so
> much better.