I want to say hello, and tell you how sorry I am that the roller coaster ride you have been on is so bad. Nobody should have to deal with all that, and it sounds like royal bs to me. Your model number should have alarmed the doctors who first installed it. That is their obglitation if there is a recall on any device. At least that is what I was told. I don't have a pump, but my rods and devices in my neck were researched. Some of those devices have cracked, or has stress fractures.
I hope the proceedure goes well for you, and that you can get off this horrible ride. I know full well about withdrawls from medications. It is the worst feeling I had ever known. My doctors miscommunicated, or did not communite at all in the hosptal or the first few days at home. I experienced what you did. I wound up in the hall way, screaming, and I didn't really know why. You are in my prayers. There are alot of good success stories on NT with pain pumps, and SCS pumps. I wish you all the best and an end, to the trauma. ginnie