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Hip revision due to metal on metal ions.
Joint Replacements | Last Active: Nov 20 9:28am | Replies (73)Comment receiving replies
Mine is not that good an outcome. i had hip replacement with a metal on metal Zimmer product. The first year was good. pain started in the 2cd year. my doctor said i had bursitis...and i needed to stretch more. i did so fairly diligently. The pain continued. Shots didn't help long.
when i questioned my doctor, somehow he didn't remember i had a metal on metal hip. after more pain and time...about 9 years worth... i found proof i had a metal on metal hip. he tested for metals, which were through the roof...a revision was scheduled...it was way worse than anticipated with bone damage to the hip socket that had to be removed. he didn't replace the metal head but did replace the metal socket with a plastic coated metal socket...i can walk...up hills is painful...i can play golf...painful afterwards. i fight muscle spasms most every night...which is sleep depriving and very frustrating.
i am stretching nightly that has helped. i'm in the process of requesting more PT to make sure i am doing the best stretches and strengthening exercises possible.
my best advice is do not wait for a hip revision!
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I had a rev. almost 1 year ago to the day. I had the original in ‘04…so in 16 yrs I never had a blood test. It was never mentioned. I woke up 1 day & couldn’t walk, in bed for a week…(I’ve posted this b4). Went directly to Ortho, 1st thing they did was test for metal (positive of course). He said since the rev., all was good, no more metal. However, in release papers I found some couple months three months later orders for another blood test… I did not even know they were there or that I was supposed to have it tested again. However I did go back four months later and had it tested by just another doctor at my PCP and I just found out last week that there was still metal in my blood. My biggest issue is mental I don’t even remember having that second test done with my PCP.
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However, I don’t think I ever mentioned that the Doctor Who did the first implant was not the same one who did the revision the Doctor Who did the revision left so when I went back it was a different doctor but told me the same thing. Some days are good some not so much as seems like it comes in waves.
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