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Bones, Joints & Muscles | Last Active: 14 hours ago | Replies (47)
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Yes, I have a metal in metal hip. I do get an x-ray once a year to take a look at it. I will do that pretty soon. The reason I am avoiding revision surgery is because it takes me out of action for several months. My leg muscles atrophy and I can’t dance. Just so happens that I dance professionally outside of my Regular occupation.
What were your levels when you started having those symptoms? I have no symptoms and there’s no deterioration in the joint from what we’ve seen so far. I know it’s getting a little loose cause it’s clicking a little bit when I do certain yoga moves. You see dancing yoga are a huge part of my life.
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You will not see deterioration in the hip itself - the deterioration comes in the surrounding tissue. If you wait until it becomes necrotic (dying) you risk far more severe consequences including permanent muscle, nerve and tendon damage.
My cobalt levels are lost in the mists of time - my revision was done almost 14 years ago. I had little loss of muscle strength during healing from my revision surgery - in fact I was social dancing after 4 weeks, and had resumed all of my activities by 6 weeks. I can tell you that revision on the second hip was 3 months later, and by that time the tissue damage was much more pronounced. If I were you, I would be more concerned about loss of function from waiting too long, but only you can decide.