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I received 2 hip replacements and then developed cobalt & chromium.
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Absolutely not. They finally found out what they were doing to people-we were guinea pigs!
Google or Research: Recent hip failures-metal on metal-All they answers as well as all the "Ambulance Chacers" will be there for your review. You are one of the lucky ones. The doctors all knew 3 years before they bothered to let us know there were problems. Simple Blood Test.
I started to squeak like the Tin Man and you could hear me while I was rooms away for 10 days before I could see the doctor-I was farthing out particles of those metals in my hips. X Rays showed rotten skin from metal poisoning all around "both hips". Do your homework. I heard that my manufacture (Wright Co,- Wrong Co.) sold out to China. J & Johnson the worse case scenario-you will see it all on
line. Good luck with the surgery. I had 4 of those and now need knees- going to wait it out!
"Cancer Magnet" is what some of my doctors are honestly telling us now-won't name them, but at least honest. Too late for 500,000 of us.
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This was posted some time ago, but I am contemplating hip and knee surgery (both give me a lot of pain), and these things you are discussing frighten me. One big reason is that every time I have seen an orthopedic surgeon, they hurry me out of the office, maybe showing me an x-ray, tellilng me nothing more than "You need a hip (or knee) replacement."
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I insisted on metal allergy testing before my knee replacement implant several years ago. The blood test was sent to a lab in Illinois and came back showing allergies to 5 metals. My ortho was surprised and need less to say I canceled my scheduled surgery. I'd rather be crippled than dealing with an inflamed and painful artificial device in me that my body was rejecting and attacking my immune system.
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Thank you for your reply. I'm so sorry for the problems that you have had. Doctors aren't using that type of replacement anymore are they?<br />
I hope your hips are better now ? What did you use the 2nd time around?<br />
I will read the info on google. I saw Dr. Blasser at Mayo in Jax's. Have you heard anything about him? I want to use the anterior approach.<br />
Did your arthritis move to your knees. I am only 53 years old. OMG I can't believe I had this happen to me?<br />
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Thanks again for the info.<br />
Mary<br />
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