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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