Hi @bjjoyce1

I have different mast cell problems so I understood what you were talking about. Allergic reactions effect my eyes and eye lids.

I am allergic to the yellow dye or something else in Fluorescein for eye dialation.
They have to use a different one for me. I get eye lid swelling and red eye.

They may have used it when I had cataract surgery as I then had problems aferwards too.

Since then, I have had allergic reactions to some meds.

My daughter is allergic to soy.
Both she and I had an allergic reaction to the pre-surgery cleaning solution, chlorhexidine.

We both developed large bumps all along the surgical stitching line as we both had reactions to the self-dissolving stitches used. My body tried to encapsule these stitches.

I would ask if now they could do a skin test prior to surgery of the materials used for stitching and anything used to sterilize the stitching material.
If you have any silicon allergies,
I would inquire if they used bio zorb with a lumpectomy to help area fill in where the tumor was removed. The titanium pieces are attached to the ends of this. The bio zorb is self-dissolving.

Most likely the titanium was placed as future markers to show up on mammograms too. Ask your Dr.