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TKR revision surgery and problems
Joint Replacements | Last Active: Aug 27, 2022 | Replies (87)Comment receiving replies
@wa34937 Hello there. I'm so sorry for your wife. I suffer from certain allergies myself, & I need TKR surgery ASAP but live on 5th flr walk-up & it's insanity for my overall health issue's.
I understand suffering all too well & am no stranger to surgeries.
All that aside for now. I would like to know how does the Dr's Orthopedic Surgeon check you to see if your body will tolerate that type of metal or alloy or plastic replacement? I don't know what the procedures entail before full knee replacement surgery & if they do any kind of tests prior to TKR surgery?
Have you seen a Neurosurgeon about this issue?
I'm sorry for your wife & I hope you both hang in there. Life is not easy, especially when you have severe Allergies & chronic pain issue's make life living misery.
I hope she feels better too.
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The test for metal allergies was a specialized blood test that was ordered by her ortho surgeon that was not available at the local testing facilities. It was performed as a last ditch effort to explain the years of hot, swollen, and painful knee. She doesn't have uncommon allergies and jewelry never produced reactions. As explained to us the joint wears from movement releasing ion's into the blood stream, the second knee was supposed to be an alloy which wouldn't cause this problem but it still to a lesser degree does. Sorry to know you are climbing stairs with a knee problem, be well.