I have so many concerns I'm not sure where to start.
First I have a base metal allergy (it includes cobalt). I have an allergy to dental cement and had to have all my crowns, etc removed because my eosinophils skyrocketed (over 2000). We now have them down to 510 but they are going to have to start pulling my implants because they used metal in the posts.
This had been going on for years and all the doctors blew it off saying "it was just allergy season - that's why the numbers were a bit high. Until they were really high. Thank god the problem was figured out and reversed.
They tried a number of different cements made in the US and I was allergic to all of them. I'm not allergic to the ones in Europe, so they must be using a different compound. I have to admit my dentist has been amazing.
So now I have to have a THR, with a base metal allergy and an allergy to some compound found in medical cement used in the US.
If that's not all bad enough - I'm 56, I run, do MMA, weights, ski, hike - yup you name it, I do it. It's who I am. My hip has been getting worse and worse and I've gained a ton of weight as my activity level has decreased due to the pain. It's a bit of a caught 22. I slow down, to avoid pain. Gain weight which causes pain, because it stresses the hip. I'm so very unhappy. I'm going to have to try this and hope that my body likes it because there is no going back, which is what scares me.
Any advice would be wonderful. Any recommendations, including doctors, or cutting edge technics. I'm between Boston, MA and Nashua NH area.
First I have a base metal allergy (it includes cobalt). I have an allergy to dental cement and had to have all my crowns, etc removed because my eosinophils skyrocketed (over 2000). We now have them down to 510 but they are going to have to start pulling my implants because they used metal in the posts.
This had been going on for years and all the doctors blew it off saying "it was just allergy season - that's why the numbers were a bit high. Until they were really high. Thank god the problem was figured out and reversed.
They tried a number of different cements made in the US and I was allergic to all of them. I'm not allergic to the ones in Europe, so they must be using a different compound. I have to admit my dentist has been amazing.
So now I have to have a THR, with a base metal allergy and an allergy to some compound found in medical cement used in the US.
If that's not all bad enough - I'm 56, I run, do MMA, weights, ski, hike - yup you name it, I do it. It's who I am. My hip has been getting worse and worse and I've gained a ton of weight as my activity level has decreased due to the pain. It's a bit of a caught 22. I slow down, to avoid pain. Gain weight which causes pain, because it stresses the hip. I'm so very unhappy. I'm going to have to try this and hope that my body likes it because there is no going back, which is what scares me.
Any advice would be wonderful. Any recommendations, including doctors, or cutting edge technics. I'm between Boston, MA and Nashua NH area.