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Anyone had Spinal stimulator removed? Replaced?

Spine Health | Last Active: Jan 8 7:15pm | Replies (42)

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@teri64

I had a Hf10 stimulator put in July of 2020 and now I have more pain than I can hardly bare ! The doctor the hospital was differently a mistake and it traumatized me to the point I'm afraid to go back! The trial went great but when the permanit one was put in they couldn't find my setting and the unit was turned off to see if it was causing me pain which I turned off but still I was having more pain than before the surgery and in places that I wasn't even hurting in to began with such as my side and under my rib cage! So I began physical therapy. At first it really helped then once again the excruciating pain returned! I feel HOPLESS!! And the unit has been off for almost the entire time! The doctor that did my surgery only practices in one Hospital which I refuse to go back ! I live in a small town but the biggest town 4 hours away called Birmingham alabama I'm trying to find someone there to help me. I dont know IF ? It needs to be removed or if it's just my petite size that's the problem? I'm a very active person at least I was Can someone plz plz help me? Wanting to die has never crossed my mind until now! Bc this pain is so intence I'm not sure how much more I can take!

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I SO UNDERSTAND!! I had my trail SMS put in and it was AMAZING. RELIEF.. BUT THEN…..
came the permanent SMS placement and the unbearable pain just as you described began. It gets better, Just days after placement I had pain so bad in my neck I could barely move it, but I wasn’t being treated for neck pain. JUST LIKE YOU we could never get the correct setting. Then the kicker, I received an electric shock twice within about a week. My doctor, the SMS rep, and SMS company were all notified about what happened back in November of 2022.
I was told my device was defective and needed to be replaced by my doctor after testing was completed.
It is March of 2023 and I still have the device in me.
It has been turned off since November of 2022 and like you said my pain is worse then before before the device was permanently
placed and now I pain in I never did before, which I have informed my doctor of.
So I am hoping we both find help soon.