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    Revision TKR Revision Surgery Due to Nickel Allergy

    TY @Josephine, I value your insights. Sorting this out is hard enough, but it's an emotional and mental journey as much as a physical one. The emotions can overtake at times AND I get lost in my head and in the data. Appreciate your help sorting it out. Sent from my iPhone using BoneSmart Forum
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    Revision TKR Revision Surgery Due to Nickel Allergy

    @Bikesouth, @kneeper, thank you for responding. As far as not feeling "right", I still have that feeling of tightness around the knee, that "rubber band" feeling, as well as pain in the joint on exertion, especially stepping up. It's not in my quads, and doesn't read as muscular at all. It is...
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    Revision TKR Revision Surgery Due to Nickel Allergy

    @Bikesouth, yes, you would think I would have greater activity tolerance.... He didn't give me a timeframe, just said everyone is different, so he said you gauge where you are now from where you were 3 mo ago... 6 mo ago, etc., however slowly things seems to progress. Honestly I was at first...
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    Revision TKR Revision Surgery Due to Nickel Allergy

    Last week I saw another revision specialist for a second opinion regarding my knee. He is not in agreement with doing a revision so soon (I am at nearly 18 mo. postop), given the following factors: 1) on x-ray, the joint is technically "excellent" - straight with no loosening or other signs of...
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    Revision TKR Revision Surgery Due to Nickel Allergy

    @Josephine, in addition to the positive for nickel (5 at 0.1 mM), I have had X-rays, 3 aspirations and cultures, and a lidocaine challenge. In the absence of infection, the surgeon believes the nickel is causing a low level inflammation that is causing the constant pain. When he injected the...
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    Revision TKR Revision Surgery Due to Nickel Allergy

    TY - great info @skigirl, thanks! @DUTCH- that's really encouraging - I wish you all the best in recovery. PLEASE, keep me posted! Can I ask what state you're in? I'm near LA In So. California.... Can I ask how they diagnosed you for the allergy? And did they test you for cement allergies too...
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    Revision TKR Revision Surgery Due to Nickel Allergy

    I am curious to know how others who have undergone revision found their specialist. Most MDs who perform joint replacement SAY they perform revisions, when in fact they do very few. I am combing the Internet, but would welcome any websites or info that would assist me in finding the most...
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    Revision TKR Revision Surgery Due to Nickel Allergy

    Hello Fellow TKRs, I am an RN, 16 months post R. TKR, and have had continuous on-going pain, stiffness and swelling tho the joint function is excellent as is my mobility (135° flex, 0° ext) Infection has been ruled out. I had a serum metal LTT about 6 mo ago which revealed a mild reaction to...
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    TKR Nickel Reactivity

    @1ELISEA Thank you, and I have so many questions! First, I know nothing about the cement used in my surgery, and I know what brand of prosthetic I have but not a lot of information about its composition. I have not seen the surgeon yet to get any kind of interpretation of the results from him...
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    TKR Nickel Reactivity

    Thanks for your inputs @Josephine- Testing was done by Orthopedic Analysis in Chicago. Experimental In that insurance does not cover testing. - I know my surgeon believes in its accuracy. To those experienced, does reactivity usually mean replacement with a nickel-free joint is necessary...
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    TKR Nickel Reactivity

    I am now 8 months post Right TKR, and have had persistent fluid and pain and swelling in the knee and lower leg,. No specific area of tenderness, no redness, minimal warmth. Aspirations show no infection, but I just received results of an LTT Metal analysis that shows that I am reactive to...
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    TKR 16 Weeks +, not sure what to think?

    Hi @Jamie, thanks for asking! I had a appointment with an orthopedist just last wk for a second opinion. He was very straightforward, reviewed my x-rays and my symptoms. He had this to say: he said I have pervasive hemo-effusion in the joint, he believes from inflammation. He said there is still...
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    TKR 16 Weeks +, not sure what to think?

    @kneeper, I can't say that I can pinpoint the pain to the joint itself, maybe more in the quad area. In fact, I can at times convince myself the pains are muscular in origin at times since I've had so much difficulty - Pes anserine, hamstring, IT-band. In fact swelling is improved in the joint...
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    TKR 16 Weeks +, not sure what to think?

    @dovemck, my IT band HAS been tight, and while I was in PT for 16 weeks, I have asked the MD if some addl PT for more stretching would help since he mentioned "tightness". I would think if an allergy was likely I would have other clinical symptoms, but I have no idea. @Phil75070, sounds like...
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    TKR 16 Weeks +, not sure what to think?

    Hi Bonesmart friends. It is now 2015, and in a few days, I will reach the 7 month mark since my right TKA. I do want to start this year off strong and positive, but after these many weeks of minimal activity (gentle stretching) and icing and elevating at rest, I can't rely say I improving. I...
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