I am waiting to be scheduled for a permanent removal of a morphine pump.  August 2011 there was a second insertion of the pump since the first malfunctioned and I was not receiving relief.  Almost immediatly I began to have strange symptoms.  All of my concerns to my primary doctor and my pain doctor went unheeded.  I keep a journal and noticed my handwriting was not anything like mine.  Then my right hand took a life of its own, shaking and actually flying to the side on its own!  By October my hands were so shaky I was not comfortable driving and I was falling asleep any time I sat still, actually falling over.  On Dec. 6, 2011, I got out of bed and fell to the floor.  The ER diagnosed it as phlibitis.  My treating doctor did not seem to know how to treat this, so after many frustrating appointments, I changed doctors.  My new doctor said it was not phlibitis but neuropathy probably from diabetes. (overnite??)  After MRI's, EMG, CAT SCANS & x-rays, I discovered the intrethecal catheter from the morphine pump is curled in the posterior subcutaneous soft tissues.  (It must be noted that during this period I questioned the doctor who did the implant, about complications and he became very indignant at the suggestion). When I requested the removal of the pump rather than redoing it for the 3rd time he questioned; what I was going to do about Pain.  ??  The same thing I've been doing for the past 2 years.  Next week the pump will be removed.  Today, I have periphial neuropathy and edema with numbness from the waist down.  I am looking forward to discover what relief, if any its removal will bring.  Two treating physicians, two neurologists, a gastroenterologist and near suicide and only because I refuse to take their "hands up" attitude am I near a conclusion, hopefully.