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@eddiestella1 Absolutely hardware can cause pain. I am a cervical fusion patient, but I did that surgery without getting hardware, but when I broke my ankle badly 3 years ago, I became the owner of some titanium plates and screws. That did cause pain like I was getting kicked in the leg all the time, I had some slight skin pigmentation over the plates, and I was having chronic hives that were only controlled by staying on antihistamines all the time. I had the hardware removed after I was healed more than a year and all of that resolved itself. It was a good choice.
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Jennifer, you are likely allergic to titanium. Pray not, but if you have occasion to visit an orthopedic surgeon in future: " Titanium and polyetheretherketone (PEEK) implants have been used in spinal surgery with low rejection rates. Compared to titanium, PEEK has many advantages, including a density more similar to that of bone, radiolucency, and a lack of artifacts in computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)". Ceramic hip joints are smoother than the titanium replacements.
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I am sorry to hear you had to go through all of that. It sounds awful. I don’t have a rash or any pigmentations but I feel like there is a knife sticking out of the bone in my back. It’s awful. The pain is so bad that 6 mg hydromorphone won’t touch the pain.
I’m getting an injection to see if the pain will go away. If it does it’s definitely the hardware causing the pain.