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[...] IMPORTANT – Surgeon talks about the silent MoM dangers [...]

By: Connie Marotta

Connie Marotta — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 23:42:11 +0000

I have been reading your post as I sit and recover from my revision surgery from the Birmingham mom resurfaced hip. I was one that had no symptoms yet a lot of damage. My lifestyle will not be the same going forward and I feel so bad for the others I am reading about. If only the doctor who put it in would have told me and all of his patients to get our blood levels checked!

By: Mary-anne

Mary-anne — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 10:01:42 +0000

Thanks so much Earl, I actually do know what my hip is and yes it is 18 years in March 2013. It is a PROTEK Titanium Stem, a PROTEK cup and a Zimmer Metasul Ball.

By: earlstevens58

earlstevens58 — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 09:30:04 +0000

I will ask Stuart Cain to advise you as he knows the Brisbane Guys best. He has had 5 revisions as a result of the DePuy metal on metal.

Am I right in understanding your metal hip is 18 years old? If so that is way more than normal. Regardless it is probably due for replacement if that is the case.

What make is the hip?

Your symptoms sound like cobalt poisoning.

I will put you in touch with a number of victims who will have some advice.

Earl

By: Mary-anne

Mary-anne — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 09:22:47 +0000

I live near Byron Bay, and going to see a Professor Crawford In Brisbane, end of January. the guy that wouldn’t touch me is also in Brisbane at the orthopaedic on wickham terrace. who would you suggest ? do you think my levels are high enough to warrant taking it out. it is nearly 18 years old…, I have had groin pain for 3 years along with unexplained bladder issues,been to hospital twice with it… urologist says all is okay.. unexplained weird vision feel like their is a coating over my eyes, eye specialist says my eyes are fine..Palpitations for no known reason, funny taste in my mouth, I have perfect teeth and gums,
I put all this down to menopause as I am 57 but 37 when I had my first hip done which was ceramic/ceramic, so I assumed this one was the same. it wasn’t until I had been complaining for 3 years did this surgeon send me for metal levels, he not once said you have a MOM hip I found out when I read the path lab form so I was furious… The surgeon who put it in dismissed me saying I needed physio so I did that for a year, and physio, said to me your hip is the problem not your muscles, so I went to this second guy who I might add, had to do an emergency surgery on my other hip as it kept dislocating. he did a good job but now I am left with this MOM hip he refuses to remove. the original guy is going overseas for 6 months, so that’s no help to me, I want this dam thing out before I get sicker.sorry I have gone on but i am at my wits end. I am sick of feeling unwell. the only proof I haven’t got is x-ray and scan to say there is a problem, thank god my shoulder surgeon goes by my symptoms not what an x-ray says. i have a total of 5 joint replacements. so I need to look after them. thanks so much for reading this. if you would like to give me some advice I am happy for you to send me an e-mail….. thanks so much I feel better just telling you all this.

By: earlstevens58

earlstevens58 — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 04:02:47 +0000

And you should be! They have their heads where the sun doesn’t shine. In denial. You either get your surgeon into gear or get a smart one. Where do you live? I am on the Gold Coast, QLD and have a great surgeon.

Earl

By: Mary-anne

Mary-anne — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 04:00:03 +0000

I am flabbergasted ….I have a MOM hip which is much older than most of these….. been having all sorts of issues with my health that can’t be explained, for over 3 years…, and my surgeon says everything is fine on x-ray scan.. my levels are 3 times higher than normal.

By: hbs924

hbs924 — Sat, 01 Dec 2012 15:29:03 +0000

This video is compelling, truthful and non biased. If you include comments made in the Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery : December 7,2011 page 2164 re: prevalence of Pseudotumor in Asmptomatic patients after metal on metal hip arthroplasty, or Janruary 4, 2012 page 86 more results on same topic or February 15, 2012 page 317 and page 364 more on same topic plus a pile more of written documentation and research data provided by some of the top authorities in the USA and abroad regarding metal on metal hips being hazardous to human beings health.
Why are these devices still on the market and why isn’t the public being educated or warned in a simpler format all people can understand and all people have access to other than searching and researching for this information on their own.
Sure you can go to the FDA site and then you end up being redirected to ??? organizations within the FDA.
Is this a hush-hush way of information: in reality the more confusing this process of information is to most folks, it is easy to understand why folks will back down and say ” It’s too complicated, I don’t want to get involved ” thus the device world will continue to rule. This matter will go away until another disaster strikes.

Respectfully
Howard Sadwin

By: earlstevens58

earlstevens58 — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 07:12:52 +0000

Yes – S&N and McMinn are totally to blame. DePuy just made a poor copy and made a bad thing worse.

Earl

By: karen

karen — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 07:00:52 +0000

Really interesting …and describes so precisely what happened with my BHR (2006) which is not surprising given that my cobalt levels a year ago were about 220ug/LT. S&N are as much to blame as DePuy. Still experiencing leg/thigh/back/buttock pain exactly 12 months after my revision.