I had an Abbott spinal implant implanted last February. Although the device has significantly reduced my back pain I was experiencing a burning sensation where the battery is implanted. I was told that the problem is I’m fairly thin so the battery is literally sitting under the skin. You can actually see the form of the battery sitting under my skin.

Back in April the Surgeon reseated the battery so it’s a little deeper. Again he didn’t have much to work with. The reseating seemed to help. I felt the battery but it wasn’t painful. A couple of weeks ago the burning sensation came back. When I stand for long periods of time or walk the battery site hurts pretty bad. I had gone to a wake so was standing for a couple of hours. By the time I got to the car I couldn’t sit back against the car seat the pain was so bad.

I contacted the Rep who suggested I see the Surgeon. I’ll make the appointment but I’m not sure if there’s anything more he can do. The Abbott Rep offered to attend the visit to possibly advise the Surgeon.

In as much as I’d prefer not to have the device removed I’m not sure if I have any other options. Has anyone experienced the same issue? If so what did you do?