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Learning to walk normal after knee replacement
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I am so sorry to hear about your allergy to nickel!! I had TKR in 2020 in Boston but before the dr would do the surgery, I had to fill out a form concerning nickel. Whenever I would wear inexpensive pierced earrings or bracelet, my skin would break out. I wrote this on the form and the dr sent me for allergy testing for nickel. Sure enough, I came out with a very high nickel allergy. They also tested me for the bone cement that they use, but that came out okay. Because of that nickel allergy, a different type of replacement was used without nickel. (So many replacements have nickel!). I am so glad that the surgeon had the foresight to have me go through the testing! I have heard of people having replacements, like you did, and then having reactions. The surgery has to be done all over again! All my best to you as you heal from the second surgery. Knee surgery is one of the roughest surgeries that anyone can go through!
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Thanks for your reply. Yes, I have the earring reaction also. I can only wear 14K jewelry. I’ve had Nickel on my firms for over 25 yrs and I’m shocked to see that the Drs miss it. So now for any type of surgery I’m cautious because I’m also allergic to some tapes that they’d use for bandages, also Formaldehyde. I had cateract surgery this past summer on both eyes. Upon cleaning n prepping, they had used some type of cleaning solution which was formaldehyde and I broke out badly. My eyelids were swollen, and of course they said they didn’t use any such thing. Well I differ that. I’m sure not all drs n nurses review every single form of ingredient. Even some eye shadows have formaldehyde in it. Which is why I’m not able to play certain makeup w my lil granddaughter. So we all need to read and make notes. Be sure to ask Drs what they’re gonna use and to be sure n let them know we have issues. I’ve had so many surgeries that I’m on top of everything now. So when you fill out Dr forms of allergies be sure to write it big what ails you. I hope you do well w your problems. I thank you again for your time to write. I had 2 drs do my Knee revision. So glad of that, as I was loosing some faith in my knee Dr. cause I just wasn’t healing. It wasn’t getting better at all even at a yr and half. It seemed like I was still in the 1st week of surgery. I know it’s gonna take some time for this to heal. It’s only been 4 months but I’ve been here before w the first bout. Now if I can get some help with figuring out my internal Vibrations. Been over 3 yrs and still I can’t get a Dr to tell me what these are. Done all the tests n images, got a new Family Dr that’s taken an interest in my health. I just pray she can help me figure out what these are from. Back to the Nickel, I’m thinking that this might be a continuous ordeal with patients and that Drs are picking up on others mistakes n hear-say of surgeries alike n could be ordering the allergy testing to determine before hand on how to approach that surgery. Good Call !
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