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2/13/2019 3:10pm
2/13/2019 3:10pm
Edited Date/Time
3/23/2019 12:51pm
A heads up to any of you planning to have joint replacement or spine stabilization
Have your Doctors first check you for titanium allergies.
As it turns out I just found out I am hypersensitive to my instrumentation (lumbar and cervical)
This means removing all my hardware....sighs
Have your Doctors first check you for titanium allergies.
As it turns out I just found out I am hypersensitive to my instrumentation (lumbar and cervical)
This means removing all my hardware....sighs
I know that has nothing to do with your situation, but im wishing you the best in recovery!
Just wondering because I have hardware in my back as well and would like to know if there's anything I should look out for. Thanks.
Since then I feel a sharp stabbing almost like grinding glass in that area, also the area is hot to the touch and constant pain.
The cervical opp was a year last Halloween.
Last summer I had trouble breathing, neck was swelled, went to my ENT Doc he had me do a barium swallow and an endoscope, all normal but I still had that choking feeling
This started a few weeks ago when I went in for a check up because I was having trouble breathing...again, felt like I was being choked, and I had a wheezing sound, almost like having bronchitis. Im talking wheezing sO bad it would wake you up at night it was THAT loud
My family Doc had my thyroid and nodules checked for any changes since the last check up, blood work, chest x ray no changes in thyroid but I still had that wheezing cough and felt strangled. also my BP was quite high 145/90 ish on ave.
There were some elevated areas in my blood test, this and the high BP was a sign my bodies immune system trying to fight off the foreign matter (titanium ) in me.
My family Doctor and ENT had zero experience with a person like me with ti hardware ( not their fault as the population in whole with new joints etc is relatively low) compared to the people they see every day.
Then while looking over some posts on a spine forum I came across people that had issues with titanium implants although the symptoms were more pronounced with skin rashes, the more I read the more I understood and it made sense.
My cervical plate and 6 screws were done via anterior or next to my trachea so I put 2 and 2 together. No neck swelling or wheezing before plates. neck and swelling after.
So I called my orthopedic who did the cervical and he immediately had me come in and he sent me to be tested for ti allergy...bingo.
Also a really good read and test is MELISA but not all insurance will cover the test
http://www.melisa.org/titanium/
So there it is ladies and gents.....
The Shop
I think I might have images on a disc somewhere. I'll have to look and see if I can find it and upload them.
Some days I'd really like to have the hardware removed because it bothers me but they won't do it unless it's constantly bothering me to the point that it hurts. From time to time I get sharp pain.
Not to Hijack the thread but Scottie blows everyone out of the water everytime this subject comes up with that horrible looking X-RAY. Me? I think Scottie is some sort of cyborg reecon project developed to infiltrate social media to gain access to the secret codes to bring them back to Galaxy 905.....or sum sheeit.
My Brother from another Mother, you know who I am..Keep it shining my friend, Heads up!
Im sure you gat barometric readings as well as digital Tv
I can say that besides the reaction to the metal i am 100% better feeling wise. that stuff in there was tearing into something when i walked i felt it.
I can tell its not in there. I can also feel some nerve feeling back in my left leg. A short walk verifying muscles sore that have not been used in that leg
So double bonus!
What is going on now that is a real big issue, the two vertebrae below the rods are just about GONE! My xray now is about 20 times worse, the rods are fine, its those 2 verts below them that are just worn out from holding up those rods. But having them removed is not an option anymore, there is just too much bone growth around them. Long story short...im fucked!
That xray of my "FrankenSpine" is pretty gnarly though, in all my years i have never seen fucking bailing wire to hold a set of rods in. Good ole 1985 technology.
Some things about medicine fascinated me -
1. who in their right mind thought that this would work
2. How much convincing did they have to do on patient???
I could go on about other things too
Thanks for the heads up on the titanium.
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