Picture this: you’ve had the explantation surgery to remove your defective Accolade pacemaker, and you have been retrofitted with a new replacement device, taking over from the Accolade pacemaker at maintaining your heart rhythm. While you’ve been told by your surgeon that your procedure was successful and that you’re recovering well, you know that this cannot be the whole story as you have anxiety regarding the psychological and financial aftermath of the second surgery. In addition, you are dreading the recovery period, as you barely never made it through the first one. However, the biggest fear post-surgery is that this second device will fail just as catastrophically as the first one, which puts you on edge even as your surgeon reassures you, for the fifth time, that everything will be fine.
It is important to note that the trauma of a second pacemaker surgery really isn’t the pain of the operation itself, but the hypervigilance that keeps you awake nightly, the financial strain that never seems to leave your consciousness, and the absolute loss of trust in the medical device industry which acted with callous indifference and negligence, allowing a device that they knew had defects to be sold in the market, thereby impacting the lives of hundreds of thousands of individuals. In this article, we’ll explain the psychological, emotional, and financial challenges faced by patients who have undergone replacement surgery in order to get rid of a defective Accolade pacemaker, and how our law firm can help you recover the full range of damages you’re entitled to receive.
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The Psychological Consequences of a Second Pacemaker Replacement Surgery
This psychological trauma is often overlooked by physicians who are more often than not focused on the physical recovery. However, if you’ve experienced a medical device failure, the mental health consequences can be tragic and as bad or worse as the physical trauma.
Here’s what patients go through after pacemaker explantation and replacement surgery:
- Hypervigilance and chronic anxiety as artifacts of the PTSD one undergoes after one device fails. They therefore will spend time checking their remote monitoring devices in an obsessive manner, and they usually remain in a constant state of alertness which makes it impossible and even sleep.
- The fear of device failure may also lead to avoidance behaviors such as refusing to travel, staying close to home in case something goes awry, and all of this can impair the person’s ability to work as well as overall quality of life.
- The psychological toll may lead to depression particularly for patients that feel they’ve lost control of not only their health but also their future, but who are also struggling to accept the sad reality that a device they literally trusted with all their heart the first time, failed them.
A second surgery also comes with significant financial burden; to begin with, the cost of the explant surgery can be anywhere from tens of thousands of dollars to over a hundred thousand depending on the hospital location as well as the procedure’s complexity, and this is while health insurance is accounted for. In addition, you may have to contend with lost wages during the recovery period, where you may be out of work anywhere from four to six weeks. For those that are unemployed, or work at a job that doesn’t provide paid sick leave, your financial health may take a hit that you may never recover from. Lastly, travel expenses where you’ll be required to travel to a specialist surgeon which incorporates things like meals, flights, hotels and transportation can rack up to the thousands of dollars.
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At McCready Law, we are deeply aware of the fact that the trauma of a second pacemaker surgery isn’t just physical – there are financial and psychological consequences, and we are here to ensure that you recover all the damages you have been subjected to. Please give us a call NOW at (314) 481-63338 so we can help document your psychological distress, quantify your financial losses, and hold Boston Scientific accountable for their gross negligence and the harm they have caused. Remember, the call is 100% FREE, and there is no obligation, and we serve clients countrywide. Thanks for choosing us, and we look forward to helping you.