When it rains, it pours
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Topic: When it rains, it pours
Posted By: oldsoldier
Subject: When it rains, it pours
Date Posted: 15 December 2010 at 2:26pm
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Went today to VA pain clinic, my stim has not been acting right. I thought the remote or charger were the problem, of course not that easy.
After a download of the info from the stim an error code made the Boston Scientific reps ask for a X-Ray of back. It appears that the leads dropped 3 in, and the excess wire came out of the canal and was looped twice. The neuro surgeon poked around and compressed the area with his thumbs and confirmed wires were out of the canal along the spine. So now, stim is deactivated, pain is back in spades, and back on hydrocodone till rescheduled for surgury late January early February, another 6 weeks doing nothing and on my back, not to mention the headache from hell again. From what I understand some form of clips will be attached to leads as they are fed back in to prevent wires from slipping out again. ------------- 
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Posted By: High Voltage
Date Posted: 15 December 2010 at 2:42pm
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Ouch. That really bites, OS. What kind of recovery time are you looking at after the repair?
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Posted By: Kayback
Date Posted: 15 December 2010 at 2:43pm
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Jeez man that sucks.
Hope they fix you properly this time. Was it poor installation or did you do something to it? KBK |
Posted By: Tical3.0
Date Posted: 15 December 2010 at 2:45pm
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Or did your rough lifestyle as a 50+ moto cross racer have something to do with it ------------- I ♣ hippies. |
Posted By: choopie911
Date Posted: 15 December 2010 at 3:49pm
| Wow that is rough man, never something you like to hear. I'm still always impressed by your attitude towards this all though, none of the "woe is me" crud. Keep being the strong man you are. |
Posted By: ParielIsBack
Date Posted: 15 December 2010 at 4:18pm
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I'm sure I don't have to tell you this, but keep hanging in there. At least you've got the benefit of knowing that when it's fixed you'll be mobile again. Good luck, let us know if we can do something. ------------- BU Engineering 2012 |
Posted By: FreeEnterprise
Date Posted: 16 December 2010 at 8:08am
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Sorry to hear that OS. I'll be praying for you, and I hope they are able to move up the date of the surgery. Being in constant pain is not fun.
and tical, you are a jerk. What is the guy suppost to just sit on the couch and die? Life is about living, not sitting around waiting for the Reaper. ------------- They tremble at my name... 
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Posted By: Tical3.0
Date Posted: 16 December 2010 at 4:19pm
What? I never said he should just sit on the couch and die and would never think of telling someone that when I have a Dad who sits at home with MS all day, The last thing I would do is say or imply something like that. How the hell do you know if he didn't screw something up while riding his Dirtbike, it was a legitimate question and if OS feels I was being a jerk, then that is him to say and not you and believe me if he thought I did come off as a jerk I would be the first one to apologize because I understand the type of crap he is going through. So to end it, Screw you FE, go pick arguments elswhere. ------------- I ♣ hippies. |
FreeEnterprise wrote:Posted By: Glassjaw
Date Posted: 16 December 2010 at 5:16pm
Here OS, this should help with any discomfort Stay strong my friend.
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Posted By: The Guy
Date Posted: 16 December 2010 at 5:44pm
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Armchair General in May? ------------- http://www.anomationanodizing.com - My Site 
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Posted By: brihard
Date Posted: 16 December 2010 at 7:58pm
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That sucks OS, best of luck to you in recovering. ------------- "Abortion is not "choice" in America. It is forced and the democrats are behind it, with the goal of eugenics at its foundation." -FreeEnterprise, 21 April 2011. Yup, he actually said that. |
Posted By: GroupB
Date Posted: 16 December 2010 at 9:17pm
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Something tells me OS will pull through this, just like every other time. ------------- 
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Posted By: StormyKnight
Date Posted: 17 December 2010 at 12:53am
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Hang in there, OS. ------------- 
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Posted By: Rofl_Mao
Date Posted: 17 December 2010 at 2:10am
LOL UMAD? |
Posted By: Tical3.0
Date Posted: 17 December 2010 at 7:25am
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Whats that clingy? ------------- I ♣ hippies. |
Posted By: ammolord
Date Posted: 17 December 2010 at 7:08pm
Just made me laugh hard infront of about 30 people. ------------- PSN Tag: AmmoLord XBL: xXAmmoLordXx ~Minister of Tinkering With Things That Go "BOOM!"(AKA Minister of Munitions)~ |
Posted By: Kayback
Date Posted: 18 December 2010 at 2:03am
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Was this the reason the RF charger was burning you earlier in the year?
Are they gonna fix that while they have the hood open? KBK |
Posted By: oldsoldier
Date Posted: 18 December 2010 at 11:06am
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The overheating was a prime indicator of a problem, but the VA as well as Boston Scientific was in no hurry to diagnose that problem. The looped and crossed wire either shorted or had the potential to short causing the implant to use current at a higher rate, hense creating heat, and drawing more current faster from the charger to maintain.
The implant is a godsend when it is working but it appears the effect was declining more and more and the VA just scheduled a far off appointment and told me to carry on till then. Now the implant is off, an appointment to fix the problem is again far off, so heres a handfull or two of hydrocodone, deal with it till then. -------------
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Posted By: brihard
Date Posted: 18 December 2010 at 11:10am
Yup. Decades from now, when we're all in our 70s whining about arthritis, OS will pull up on a dirt bike, grimace, and tell us to suck it up. ------------- "Abortion is not "choice" in America. It is forced and the democrats are behind it, with the goal of eugenics at its foundation." -FreeEnterprise, 21 April 2011. Yup, he actually said that. |
Posted By: GroupB
Date Posted: 18 December 2010 at 11:49am
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Posted By: mamasboi
Date Posted: 19 December 2010 at 8:10pm
| atleast there is light at the end of the tunnel and a time to look forward to. |