I told about having the wires from a trial of a spinal cord stimulator removed, followed by the worst pain I'd ever had, tapering off over an hour, paralysis from the waist down for 3 hours, and them urinary incontinence which when I posted had lasted for weeks and I feared would last the rest of my life.
>Glad to you you back. Hope you have a good resolution to your problem. >
>Thank you.
Thank you again, and a follow-up.
The pain doctor I don't like or trust anymore, because of his lack of sympathy and the ongoing feeling that he made some error that caused all this. He may be worried that saying something nice would make him liable, but Maryland like most states has an "apology law" that prevents that. Apologies aren't even admissible in court (unless you say, "I'm sorry I gave you 3 times the normal dose.")
The spine surgeon told me the hematoma on my spinal cord would take 6 to
8 weeks to be absorbed. It was iirc 7 inches long and about a half inch wide at the widest and went through 5 vertebrae, t-7 to t-11.
The urologist told me that normally urinary incontinence caused by a hematoma on the spinal cord resolves itself positively, but it can take
3 months.
Last Friday was 6 weeks and 2 days and the MRI that day showed the hematoma was completely gone. Five days later, two days ago, exactly 7 weeks, Wednesday at noon was the start of a two and a half day period up to right now where I seem to be normal again. So if nothing goes wrong, I'm back to normal. Hooray!!! Back still hurts like before but no more diapers.
Of course now, if I have to pee in the middle of the night, I'll have to wake up and get up to do it, instead of just sleeping through it.
Spine surgeon says he's had 1000 patients over the last 10 years who had spinal cord stimulators tested or both tested and then installed under the skin. 70% benefit from the trial, unlike me, and go ahead with the full install. And he's never had a patient with the bad effects I had,