I'm 61 years old and I have been told over the years that I will need a TKR. Well finally I decided this summer that I've had enough pain and discomfort so I decided to go forward with it sometime in the Fall. On my first appointment with my Knee surgeon I mentioned that I may have a metal allergy because I can't wear a watch without getting sores on my wrist. So he had my blood tested by Orthopedic Analysis in Chicago to see what if any metals I'm allergic to. Well the test came back and it turns out I'm "allergic" to a lot of metals. It said that I'm "Highly Reactive" to Nickle, that I'm "Reactive" to Vanadium and "Mildly Reactive" to Aluminum, Chromium, Molybdenum, Zirconium. It also says that I'm okay with Cobalt and Titanium. Apparently that severely limits a lot of the knee replacements. My surgeon did say that there is a knee replacement made from Titanium, but it has wear issues.
Has anyone faced similar issues?
Has anyone faced similar issues?