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Dear Angela - I'm genuinely sorry to hear your story. My own is not "the same",...
After you have a TKR surgery and experience ... Most TKR surgical recoveries are a kind ... This process of metal isotopes being ... to be 63 - and have had an original TKR ... prosthetic alloy) and then another TKR
Support Group: Joint Replacements
Posted: Jan 22, 2019
Dear Gator - There are still surgeons who sort of "declare victory" (reminiescent of that banner...
anyone out there is considering a TKR ... much for you AFTER you've had a TKR ... extent possible (and still want the TKR ... DEFINITELY get yourself metal allergy ... always people who haven't had a TKR
Support Group: Joint Replacements
Posted: Jan 17, 2019
Hi @barbarn, I have had a total knee replacement but have not had the difficulties your...
difficulties your husband has had with allergies ... You mention that your husband is allergic ... connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/need-tkr-and-had-positive-allergy-testing-bone-cement-and-metals
Discussion: cyclosporine
Support Group: Joint Replacements
Posted: Nov 12, 2018
My TKR was done on 06/01/2009. Just the day after my surgery my BP was 73/40,...
My TKR was done on 06/01/2009. ... revision thinking I may have been allergic ... got wind of this she referred me for metal ... pain after surgery that could have allergies ... to either the bone cement or metals
Support Group: Joint Replacements
Posted: Dec 1, 2025
I am one week after TKR for my right knee. I realize that this is the...
I am one week after TKR for my right ... everything harder is that I had an allergic ... something used on my earlier partial TKR ... metal and everything was going to be ... I had allergy tests for chemicals and
Shelley, I have seen several articles about various metals causing hive like reactions after joint replacements....
surgery: Need TKR and had positive ... allergy testing / Bone Cement and Metals ... allergy bothers you, there will be ... allergies? ... bother me if I have it in my joint for TKR
Support Group: Joint Replacements
Posted: May 19, 2024
I had a TKR done in Jan 2021 and had unbelievable pain from the get go....
I had a TKR done in Jan 2021 and had ... multiple Dr's 2 suggested I do metal ... I did the metal testing and I tested ... for nickel and potassium dichromate allergy ... into Mayo for someone who understands allergy
Support Group: Joint Replacements
Posted: May 5, 2023
Call Orthopedic Analysis in Chicago, after my TKR 2019, I was stiff and in pain and...
Orthopedic Analysis in Chicago, after my TKR ... in pain and my Ortho said i may be allergic ... to metals, when I asked him about allergies ... to OA and found out I'm highly allergic ... to nickel and mildly allergic to chromium
Support Group: Joint Replacements
Posted: May 4, 2023
Hello, I had my first TKR in 2019. I had told my Dr I was becoming...
Hello, I had my first TKR in 2019. ... I had told my Dr I was becoming allergic ... I was highly allergic to nickel, mildly ... because the cementless has all the metals ... I was allergic to and since my other
Good afternoon @phoenix12 . It looks like you and Jennifer went right to work on an...
for sharing your experience with the metal ... allergies issue. ... that you will be getting a second TKR ... a positive recovery for your first TKR ... I had my second TKR 3 months ago.
Support Group: Joint Replacements
Posted: Nov 20, 2021
Hi. You can have a blood test done for implant allergies. It's called an LTT test....
It will test for all metals and cement ... , the type of metals and the serial ... You would need to research the metals ... correct TKR to work around your allergies ... Your surgeon could confirm the metals
Support Group: Joint Replacements
Posted: May 24, 2021
Hi Steve, Sorry to hear your'e in the same boat as me. Just amazing these physicians...
I'm going to get the metal/cement ... allergy test done first. ... Did you get tested for an allergy to ... people are going with a cementless TKR ... Zimmer BioMet is a cementless TKR.
Support Group: Joint Replacements
Posted: May 24, 2021
@rorygrabowsky, My reason for not having any more injections was that they would not have helped...
I had my TKR on the 1st of April, 2019 ... to normal about 2 months after my TKR ... - Will I get an allergy test for the ... bone cement, metals, etc. used in the
Support Group: Joint Replacements
Posted: Jan 3, 2021
Hi @jennia, I would like to add my welcome to Connect along with @debbraw. I had...
I had a TKR in April and before I had ... blood tests and one was checking for metal ... allergies which didn't find I had ... a metal allergy. ... knee arthroplasty for patients with metal
Hi @jennia - Welcome to Connect! I've had two TKRs and I'm happy to say both...
feeling concerned with your titanium allergy ... connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/need-tkr-and-had-positive-allergy-testing-bone-cement-and-metals
@melcpa86, you may noticed I moved your recent discussion and combined it with an existing discussion...
melcpa86, here is another discussion on metal ... allergy you may find interesting too ... connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/need-tkr-and-had-positive-allergy-testing-bone-cement-and-metals
Support Group: Joint Replacements
Posted: Dec 3, 2018
@kathleen1314 My TKR was done in 2009. After surgery my pain was worse than before the...
@kathleen1314 My TKR was done in 2009 ... my surgeon thought I could have an allergy ... she referred me to an allergist for metals ... I wasn’t allergic to nickel but to the ... It is rare to have the bone cement allergy
Support Group: Joint Replacements
Posted: Dec 10, 2025