Thank you for responding; no, I have not located such an orthopedist. I wasn’t looking so much for chelation just an understanding of when it’s time to act on my situation. My cobalt level is 2.4; no symptoms at this time. It has increased one point in the last two years. By “help you through“ I meant navigate locating the correct type of doctor to address this as you mentioned. I don’t feel my current Ortho is qualified. The doctor that did both my knee and my hip surgeries, both total replacements, has retired. (Dr T) This current man, Dr G (in that same doctors group) has only served to order blood tests for my metallosis test every other year. He told me that my cobalt level was at a six in May 2024; but Quest labs sent me my results and I’m actually at 2.4 µg per liter. (!) He said come back in two years; I said how about one?
I’m trying to navigate my way through this and be proactive. I have the added issue of needing to get my BMI down to a safe number for Surgery, so I’m praying I have a year to lose enough weight to have a replacement if needed. I have ordered my surgery records and will have them tomorrow. My surgery For my THR was March 2010. I want to know what exactly was placed in me and try to understand how rapidly this may progress if I can. how did you locate a qualified orthopedist? Maybe that’s a better question. Or were you already with one that was qualified and familiar with metallosis?