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Well, I’m glad you have somebody who’s working with you. I’ve tried to find a place to test for a nickel, but I haven’t done one. I have that one with me. I had a total knee replacement a rash that goes completely around my knee down my leg on the inside from my knee to my toe And then it goes up from the grinding area. They sent me to a dermatologist. Nobody will even consider that I could have metal sensitivity and I bring metal sensitivity up. They’ll stop saying I was giving a $16,000 shot. I don’t think it’s on the market yet but it’s side effects for Suicide. They did nothing And was given another shot or pin yesterday that I was told that I would have to take for the rest of my life and I can’t do this anymore. I’ve been laying on my side for about five years. I get up for a couple days and I’m down for a couple days. I was a very active person. What do you do?

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@dia61 This lab in Chicago tests for allergies to many implant materials. https://www.orthopedicanalysis.com/ if you need treatment for implant reactions, you can find information at https://www.ehcd.com/ . That is a practice that pioneered environmental medicine with the original founder.

I did have a reaction to titanium plates after an ankle fracture. I was getting hives all the time and had the plates removed after I was healed. That was the end of having chronic hives and pain from the plates.