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I received 2 hip replacements and then developed cobalt & chromium.
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I had cobalt & chromium in my blood…which was the reason for the rev. Had blood tested post rev., levels are coming down, but who knows what damage was done & if it’s temp or permanent?
Is there any way to know for sure?
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Not for sure - but within one year after my replacements 90% of the problems were gone. The remaining 10% - poor heat regulation in my body, essential & tendency to high heartbeat - could be due to the metals, the Graves disease that the metals caused (since resolved) or just a hereditary tendency that kicked in from the heavy metal poisoning - no one knows for sure. The permanent numbness in my outer thigh is from the metals that deposited there, but that's better than the nerve pain that used to be. This is year 10 since the replacements, and they are perfect.. This is kind of the same thing as some long Covid - did the virus cause it, or was it a particular body's inflammatory response to the virus?
I am so glad that those chromium/cobalt metal-on-metal hips are off the market!
Sue