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Originally Posted by janj77
I haven't been on here in quite awhile, but i have a need for advice. I recieved my stim in April of this year. After about 2 months it quit working. The dr. did x-rays of my back to check for migration of the leads, but turned out there was none.
He wants to remove the whole device & start over from scratch. another idea he wants to try, is to take out the battery & position it down about 6 inches. This is not the same dr who did the initial surgery, he left the state... 
Does this sound reasonable to you? Or is he going after some more $? thanks,
jan |
Jan nice to hear from you again
Hmmmmm this is a tricky one indeed. When my battery stopped charging I had an appointment in the hospital with the Rep the next day anyway. She immediately said the leads had migrated. But my Dr wasnt so sure, so he sent me off for x-rays too. Nope leads were fine all was well. So it must be a problem with the battery
and lo and behold it was, even though the Rep said it was 'highly unlikely'. My Dr was furious mind you as this was a second patient of his with a problem with the battery!!!! Mine is a St Judes btw. So definitely look before you leap I say!
Now Im thinking as the original Dr has left the State, does your current Dr maybe want to 'start from scratch' because he doesnt want to 'interfere' with the other work done, in case anything else goes wrong with it and he would be to blame
???? just a thought.
I would definitely ask that all avenues be explores BEFORE he decides to remove anything. You know maybe the leads have become disconnected from the battery? Maybe it IS the battery thats at fault, if so, as in my case, a new one was implanted and attached to the existing leads and is working ok since, THANKFULLY!!!! But you would have to ask yourself, why would you want to 'start from scratch' now especially if the leads are in place and more than likely scarred in by now. Why go through ALL that pain again with more surgery if its maybe only the battery thats at fault.
Were you ok with where the battery was placed initially? if so why would he want to move it 6 inches!?
Lots of questions you need to ask Jan before anything is removed, well certainly thats what I would be doing.........hope that helps somewhat
Take care
Jackie
