I have a medical background (45 years as a medical transcriptionist) and also did my homework and read about them (still have the print-outs to give to the pain management doc who is putting my pain pump in) and it was like the nightmare on Elm Street. People were getting burned by the battery packs, two people (of those reported to the FDA) are paralyzed in a wheelchair for the rest of their lives, people were in more pain than before they had the stimulator (your case), the device is know to misfire, shocking and jolting people, the leads and even new paddles break and migrate and this was an article by NBC news. The FDA had said more testing needs to be done on it. And I want this in my body? ABSOLUTELY NOT- I know doctors art trying to get people off opioids, it’s their mission, and that’s where we people fall into the cracks. We have legitimate agonizing, debilitating pain and we are treated like street drug addicts looking for a high. One pain clinic doc here in FL takes EVERYONE off opioids on their first visit. He belongs to an organization to stop the opioid epidemic.
You are doing the right thing tossing the stimulator!
Good luck to you, it’s an uphill battle, but God willing, we will win.