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Spinal fusion: Hardware removal
Spine Health | Last Active: Mar 20 12:37pm | Replies (32)Comment receiving replies
@sapphireblue Welcome to Connect. I have not heard of spine surgeons willing to remove spine hardware except during revision surgery that likely places new hardware in place. If you cannot have hardware removed, there may be treatments to reduce the symptoms. There are Environmental Medicine doctors who treat metal immune responses and this field of medicine was started by a practice in Texas call the Environment Health Center Dallas. Here are 2 discussions where patents are discussing immune reaction problems with metal implants and a member who is undergoing treatment with the Environmental Health Center Dallas. Here are the links:
Joint REplacements - "Is there a hospital or Dr in US who understand metal allergies in TKR?"
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/is-there-a-hospital-or-dr-in-us-who-understand-metal-allergies-in-tkr/
Spine Health - "Metallosis of cervical disc replacement "
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/metallosis-of-cervical-disc-replacement/
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@sapphireblue Recently a new member @lylaaaa has joined Connect and describes having spinal hardware removed. They have responded to you in this discussion just a few posts down, and I thought I would "at mention" you so you'll get a notification. We do that by typing the "@" sign in front a member's name.
They also started a new discussion with the information as well that you can find at
Spine Health - "I’ve had all my hardware removed after T2-T10 fusion. Ask me anything."
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/ive-had-all-my-hardware-removed-after-t2-t10-fusion-ask-me-anything/
This is what is so good about Connect when we can learn about new ideas and procedures from other patients who have experienced it.
Jennifer
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Hi Jennifer,
Thank you for that information. I will definitely check them out. I was told by my surgeon that I will be doing just fine and the pain I had prior to my surgery will be gone. He said Nerves do not like to be touched so it will take some time to heal. But this pain from the equipment is terrible. I just want to rip it out! When I am in the lake and just standing in the water and the water is above my waist, I have no pain at all. I told my husband, that's it, I just need to become a mermaid and live in the water. LOL He laughed.
It is so hard to move around. I'm limited. I'm 57 years old and I've never been in a bad accident or lifted anything heavy that caused me harm. The Surgeon seems to think it could be from my pregnancies (I had two children); and or just me getting older. I informed him I also have MS but I'm in remission for 3 years now. I was diagnosed back in 2011, but my first symptoms were in 2001.
I don't want to be addicted to any prescriptions and there has to be another way to be able to try to live a normal life.