Comments on: Pain Management Pump Lawsuits Involve a Number of Different Manufacturers

By: Sandra

Sandra — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 20:42:28 +0000

I had R/Cuff Surgery on R/H/Shoulder in September, 2009…..had a pain pump for 4 days…until it emptied out. The pain was unreal, I had arm in a sling for 8 weeks, did every thing right to protect it as it healed….Surgeon ordered another MRI on my neck and found 2 crushed discs…had removed on December 28th…with another Surgeon…neck brace worn for 3 months…still have pain in R/Cuff joint, and creaking noise when I move my arm, Range of Motion is so little, cannot carry any thing heavy, cannot reach as far anymore, hurts to get dressed, do my hair etc…Think pain is worse than pre-surgery…

By: Denise

Denise — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 22:24:07 +0000

I had shoulder surgery july 2007, a cathter pump was used for a few days after surgery..my pain continues to get worse with all the symptoms discribed by the damage a painpump can do, this injury has cost me an 11 year management job that I so loved,not to mention a life altering change in activities. I live on pain meds..when I asked the doctor about the accusations of the pain pump, he knew nothing about it and kinda just brushed it aside..I don’t know how to go about getting the medical information of what kind of pump was used, nor do I know what steps you take to find out if I indeed have cartilage damage. I have been off work since 2004 due to this injury, I thought the surgery in 2007 was going to be the answer to get me back to work..but my boss couldn’t wait anylonger for results to lead to my return. I since have had to have neck surgery due to same injury.

By: DAN

DAN — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 23:34:40 +0000

I had 5 surgeries on my left shoulder and 2 on my right shoulder so far. On the first surgery on my right side I was given a pump. 3 months later I developed a popping and clicking along when I walk with normal walking strides,.with very limited painfull movement. Surgery number 7 was supposed to get rid of that. No pump was administered that time.
Surgery number 7 did not solve the clicking and popping. iI sound like a bowl of rice krispies walking down the street. I am right back to square one. I have been on Vicodins and oxycodones for the last 4 years. Will it ever end?

By: Rick

Rick — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 04:00:44 +0000

I had surgery in January of 2006 for a torn rotator cuff. They used a pain pump called “I-Flow Q ball Pain pump. Since that surgery I’ve had pain in my shoulder that has gotten worse over the years. When I complained to my Dr. he just said that after an injury like mine that I would always have some discomfort with my shoulder. I had no idea that I would have to take pain medicine for the rest of my life. I’ve lost my job because I just couldn’t do the work any longer. I have an attorney looking into it now.

By: burban

burban — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 00:18:42 +0000

6 weeks after my surgery my hip had lots of pain but i had shoulder surgery not hip .

By: Ann

Ann — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 04:32:04 +0000

I had a Stryker pain pump put in after my open shoulder surgery in 08/2002. Not long after that I experienced pain again and it was neverending. The orthopedic doctor did MRI’s and couldn’t find anything. I finally this year had a CT with dye and found a large tear again in my rotator cuff. This tear was unusual that it was top to bottom instead of front to back.

I also had the Stryker pain pump in my left shoulder after arthroscopic surgery. I still have pain in that shoulder and will probably be looking at another surgery.

I don’t know about cartilege damage and how to go about finding out if I have it but having a pain pump in each shoulder with lots of pain afterwards makes me wonder what’s really going on.

By: chris

chris — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 01:23:25 +0000

i had 3 surgerys 7/14/05 12/28/05 8/09/06 and every time i hade one of this pumps in my shoulder and ithe dr told me after my frist that what he had done detearated and back under the kinfe i whent for #2 and after that #3 after #3 he said there was nothing more he could do for me i live in pain more now then ever i have been out of work for 3 years and can not get disabilty be cause no one can tell me what is causing me so much pain i lose filling in my hands my arms swell up to 2 times there size and there is nothing i can do about it but live with the pain whent form making 90,000 a year to nothing and losing everything i hope some thing can be done for all of us who have to suffer with the pain

By: Peggy

Peggy — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 23:30:28 +0000

I had surgery on July 1st. I am in more pain now and can barely move my arm. They never even told me how to use the pump. There was a DVD placed inside my clothing bag that I only discovered two months later when I fished the bag out of my closet. I had a Breg

By: Pete

Pete — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 05:21:30 +0000

I had surgery 6/24/08 and have lingering severe pain, with certain movement, I have followed all instructions carefully and have done everything as I was told to do.