." After 5 joint replacement surgeries ... and numerous other joint surgeries, ... 14 months, she still has only 80% healing ... and cannot have the hardware removed ... So it definitely suppresses healing

I had hip replacement surgery in November ... They removed the hardware and put in ... unless I have the spacer and other hardware ... removed from my hip. ... Please let me know what your healing

site at rest, and 6 months after the surgery ... had to wait at least a year for bone healing ... , but I had the surgical hardware removed ... removed. ... removed after the fracture has healed

I did elect to have titanium hardware ... removed after I healed from an ankle ... After removing the hardware, those issues ... both dental work and the surgical hardware ... I am a spine surgery patient too, but

@cbove2 You cannot recover from spine ... normally takes about 6 weeks to heal ... When a disc is removed during a fusion ... spinal cord that will be opened up by removing ... had a single level fusion without hardware

I had my hardware removed a month ago ... I still have healing pain, but it is ... I would ask if hardware can be removed ... and spine hardware can be removed then ... My surgeon told me it heals best with

It took about 9 months to heal the fractures-alternating ... Fusion surgery in 2020 and removal of ... hardware in 2021.

It is hard to wait for surgery when ... happened during the injury is still not healed ... I chose not to have hardware on my spine ... in the house (like laundry) as you recover ... is directing all your energy toward healing

I made the decision to remove all 4 ... Getting titanium hardware plates to ... sensitizing me. 6 months after my ankle surgery ... recovery with my ankle was enough healing ... In healing, it does form a seal around

@eddiestella1 Absolutely hardware ... cervical fusion patient, but I did that surgery ... without getting hardware, but when ... I had the hardware removed after I was ... healed more than a year and all of

had L3-L5 decompression and fusion surgery ... symptoms are improved while in the healing ... spondylolisthesis) so they needed to use hardware ... movement and support fusion plus they removed ... I had my surgery done by an orthopedic

fusion began because I don't have hardware ... higher because it's part of the healing ... confront my fears, and I was able to recover ... Pain is a normal pain of healing. ... can join the discussion on Art for Healing