[Goforth Pennysaver]

I have my second implant in me as I write. I am seeing a sugean today about removal. First surgean does not return phone calls. Not to me or my other doctors that have questions. First time I was shown one device that would be implanted and during surgery they implanted one much larger. Within two weeks I had a MRSA staff infection. Had to have first removed and the area cleaned of infection, was given meds and sent home. After this I had a ping pong ball sized hard lump in my tummy where the implant had been. they decided they had to reopen and clean all of the scar tissue to try and flatten this area. Doing this taught me what pain really is! Next it is time to place the stimulator that I was originally shown in. This time, even though I talked to my surgeon twice about placement he implanted it two inches away from from my area of pain which is rib area in front of my heart. The implanted area he chose also is one inch from my hip bone. With this placement you cannot sit in a chair because my ribs touch the top of the implant and my hip bone hits the sharp corner of the bottom of the stimulator. I have to sleep only on my back in a lay back chair. If I roll to my left the pain of the implant goes off and I am forever getting back to sleep. I get about four hours of sleep each night.
I am not a fat person being 6'1", 204 pounds. unless you are fat and have three or four inches of blubber to surround your implant you are in going to face a life of hell. If you are fat you are a candidate for diabetes.

A nurse from the hospital was calling and checking on me until their legal department found out and put a stop to any calls. I have given a year for my body to accept this implant. two weeks ago, out of the blue a nurse from the hospital called to see where I had gone to have my stimulator removed. I told her it was still in me. She could not believe that I could handle the pain that long. She wanted me to know that all of the regular sugical nurses that were in the OR for my first implant knew that big mistakes were made and all of the surgical nurses that were in the OR when the second was implanted knew that I was rolled out of the OR with major errors in my implant. She wanted me to know that not all of the people involved were bad, but those that were recieving the big bucks were in this game for money and could not care less about the patient. It was so nice to here from this nurse who knew that there were orders not to talk to me! She explained that if formal complaints are made by them they end up without a job and are black balled.
Do not expect to get one bit of help from the manufacturer of this product. the best answer I could get when I or a doctor of mine would call them is "I thing so". The reps you meet have no authority or valid knowledge according to the manufacturer of my implant.
I was taking oxy and morphine for over six years for my rib pain. Since all of these proceedures I have been taking oxy and morphine for the pain of the stimulator. I prefer to get back to just taking it all for my original pain.

Those involved with selling and implanting can see if going to church for an hour on Sundays cleans the filth they cover themselves in all of the other hours of the week. SHAME ON THEM

What a nice nurse to call after all of this time and to be so truthful to me! Her boss was great until she got caught and told to stop contact!

Think long and hard before you get involved with these people that take no responsibility for their own actions. Once in and they are paid you are on your own.