Description of Event or Problem · 1
I HAD THE STALIF TT LUMBAR DEVICE IMPLANTED AT L5-S1 LEVEL, ANTERIORLY, BY ADR IN EARLY 2009. ALTHOUGH IT ELIMINATED MY LOW BACK PAIN AT L5-S1, UNFORTUNATELY, THIS DEVICE HAS CREATED A WHOLE NEW SET OF ISSUES. I BELIEVE THE HEIGHT OF THE DEVICE JACKED UP MY SPINE TOO MUCH, AND I HAVE SEVERE CRAMPING, TIGHTENING, AND NEURAL INVOLVEMENT, INTERFERING WITH MY EVERY MOVE. I HAVE TO ADJUST MY RIGHT HIP/SI JOINT APPROXIMATELY 2 DOZEN TIMES A DAY. I HAVE SEVERE PAIN IN MY RIGHT SI JOINT & RIGHT HIP, AS WELL AS NEURAL DEFECIT ON MY RIGHT SIDE. IT ALMOST FEELS LIKE I AM CONSTANTLY HEALING. I HAVE NOTICED ATROPHY IN MY RIGHT LEG. PRIOR TO THIS SURGERY, I WAS TAKING 1/2 PERCOCET AT NIGHT FOR PAIN, SOMETIMES MORE. AFTER SURGERY, I HAVE BEEN TAKING 3/4 TO 1 TABLET OF PERCOCET AT NIGHT FOR PAIN. I TRIED GOING FOR 3 DAYS WITHOUT ANY PAIN KILLER, AND ON THAT THIRD DAY, I CANNOT EVEN FUNCTION OR THINK I'M IN SO MUCH PAIN. I HAVE REPORTED THIS TO FIRST DR SEVERAL TIMES. I HAVE SINCE SOUGHT NEUROLOGIST ANOTHER DR, AND HAS DIAGNOSED MY CONDITION AS HAVING "PSEUDARTHROSIS", WITH A CT SCAN. I GO TO A CHIROPRACTOR AT LEAST ONCE, IF NOT TWO TIMES PER WEEK, JUST TO GET THE RELIEF I NEED TO NEUROLOGICALLY FUNCTION. AT THIS TIME, I AM DESPERATELY SEEKING TO HAVE THIS DEVICE REMOVED FROM MY BODY. IT ALMOST SEEMS LIKE MY BODY IS TRYING TO REJECT THIS DEVICE. LET IT BE NOTED THAT I HAD DEVELOPED SOME SERIOUS HEMORRHOIDS IMMEDIATELY (HOURS) AFTER SURGERY, WHICH BLOOD BURSTED AND DRAINED OUT OF. I BELIEVE I AM EXPERIENCING COMPLICATIONS DUE TO THIS POLYMER DEVICE IMPLANT. I HOPE I CAN GET ANOTHER 2-3 YEARS WORKING FOR MY CURRENT EMPLOYER BEFORE I CAN NO LONGER WORK. THIS IS REALLY WEARING ON ME TREMENDOUSLY. DATES OF USE: EARLY 2006 TO PRESENT.