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I received 2 hip replacements and then developed cobalt & chromium.
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I too have very high cobalt and chromium from after 18 years of wear. I have some hearing loss and wear hearing aids. I am working to get a hip revision and then will go through a detox. I am seeing an integrative doctor and have high oxidative stress and toxic. I did the Genova Diagnostic testing for metabolism and stool testing. No one ever checked my metals in 18 years and now I know why I had all these other problems. Finally answers! None of my multiple doctors ever checked me. This is one of the reasons I went to an integrative medicine doctor. Look at QuickSilverScientific.com. They have detox systems that are used by integrative health providers. One of them has EDTA. Be positive and go forward. You must get the metals out for them to go down.
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I had very high chromium and cobalt levels within 5 years of my implants. My heart, thyroid and nervous systems were all affected. I lost nearly half of my hair, developed severe tremors and had muscle wasting in both thighs. The tissue around the implants was the consistency of "gray oatmeal" (the surgeon's words.)
My metal levels fell to normal within six months of removal of the offending hip implants. My thyroid disease resolved, my heart rate returned to "near normal" and my hair grew back. All I had left was a nasty tremor, but one I had a 70% chance of developing anyway because of family history.
I did TONS of research, and there is no scientific evidence that any form of chelation or detox would speed up or improve the process. Please, reconsider the concept of a detox. Your body will excrete the heavy metals after the source is removed.
Sue