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United StatesWell, January will be 10 years, and so far, so good.
I had a Biomet MoM (metal on metal) resurfacing with Thomas Gross in January 2015. I landed on the resurfacing instead of replacement because at the time I was an endurance runner and wanted to avoid the restrictions that come along with a THR. Because of the problems associated MoM hips, I did a lot of research and decided to 'risk it' and fly from Dallas to Columbia, SC for surgery with Gross. Since time I've been able to resume life with no pain and no restrictions, thinking about the hip only when arriving at the airport and hoping that the RF scanner is working so I don't have to go through and be flagged by the metal detector and be patted down again.
The event that triggered this update were my cobalt and chromium serum levels from my annual physical. Those serum levels must be monitored by those with MoM joints. If they get too high, cobalt poisoning and the host of problems it brings results, meaning that the joint has to come out. Every year those levels have been in the range of what is expected with a MoM joint, which is quite high; but not so high as to indicate a failure. This year those levels, for the first time, were in the 'normal' range; that is, the same range as someone without a MoM joint. Of course no one knows if that hold, but as for now, a decade later, things are still going great.
I hope that this ten year update will be encouraging to anyone fretting their upcoming THR. There is life after THR!
I had a Biomet MoM (metal on metal) resurfacing with Thomas Gross in January 2015. I landed on the resurfacing instead of replacement because at the time I was an endurance runner and wanted to avoid the restrictions that come along with a THR. Because of the problems associated MoM hips, I did a lot of research and decided to 'risk it' and fly from Dallas to Columbia, SC for surgery with Gross. Since time I've been able to resume life with no pain and no restrictions, thinking about the hip only when arriving at the airport and hoping that the RF scanner is working so I don't have to go through and be flagged by the metal detector and be patted down again.
The event that triggered this update were my cobalt and chromium serum levels from my annual physical. Those serum levels must be monitored by those with MoM joints. If they get too high, cobalt poisoning and the host of problems it brings results, meaning that the joint has to come out. Every year those levels have been in the range of what is expected with a MoM joint, which is quite high; but not so high as to indicate a failure. This year those levels, for the first time, were in the 'normal' range; that is, the same range as someone without a MoM joint. Of course no one knows if that hold, but as for now, a decade later, things are still going great.
I hope that this ten year update will be encouraging to anyone fretting their upcoming THR. There is life after THR!
