@bug3

Jimmy Chow replaced my hip and three days ago my right knee. I had zero pain from the hip and minor pain from the knee. I was prescribed Oxy both times and never used any.

Dr. Chow is a revision surgeon. About 20% of his work is revisions. You need someone like Dr. Chow. For my knee which was bone on bone and badly misaligned so I had severe heel pain as well, he did a subvastus method (under the muscle and tendon instead of cutting them and later repairing them), used no tourniquet, used a CORI robot to assist him, put in a Journey II bicruciate retained implant (a big deal...instead of cutting the PCL and ACL ligaments, he saved both and protected them with the new implant) and did a functional alignment.

Dr. Chow has an international practice. I tell you about him because this is the type of surgeon you need.

If you are developing a metal allergy there are implants that are made of other material (e.g., oxidized zirconium). You need to do as much research as you can to find a really good revision surgeon (just because someone says he does revisions doesn't mean he does them well or often).

Good luck.