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Sacroiliac joint pain and my introduction
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@sunshine22220 Welcome to Connect. I am sorry you are having so much trouble. I had trouble with titanium after an ankle fracture and I had the hardware removed. I am also a cervical spine surgery patient, but I had a single level fused with no hardware. I hope you do find a doctor who can help.
If you want to go to Mayo, the first step is to find out if you have insurance that covers Mayo as "in network." You need that to get an appointment. I suggest contact the billing office to inquire. You can find insurance information at this link.
https://www.mayoclinic.org/billing-insurance
If you wish to request an appointment, you can start with this link and someone will contact you. http://mayocl.in/1mtmR63
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I did meet a surgeon at Mayo who is going to remove the hardware. He will replace it with something else he uses. I'm just waiting for them to send over all my notes to insurance.
When you had your hardware in did you get redness and burning over your ankle? I have burning and it's red hot. I've never met anyone who's had this. None of the 12 drs I've seen know what this is our ever saw it before. It has to be taken out. Did you get any relief when they took the hardware out?