Luanna, (most of this is not directed at you)
We all feel badly for people who have had issues, but the issue with high metal ions are caused by devices that are not implanted properly.
Two things that some of us say over and over.
1) Pick an experienced surgeon for an HR, an HR is not a THR surgery, it requires skills that some doctors just do not have.
2) If you have high metal ions, send your x-rays to Dr. Su, Dr. Gross, Dr. DeSmet or Dr. Bose or some other VERY experienced surgeon who deals with screwups made by other surgeons.
It's very tough to see people going through hip problems, in fact it's downright heart breaking, but there are answers out there, believe me. We cannot pick the surgeons for patients, we cannot make anybody be a good patient advocate for themselves, we can only give advice, besides we're not doctors.
If you have problems, don't get a 2nd opinion from someone in your same town, doctors often do not like to burn their fellow sureons, especially when they live in your geographical area. Also, DO NOT get a 2nd opinion from someone within the same practice or group.
None of us are making money from this forum, we're just patients ourselves, we do this to pay it forward. John has helped a lot of people with his posts. I do this to help Pat and to pay it forward, no doctor has ever given me a penny, well, ok, Dr. Gross gave me a t-shirt when I first met him, but at that point he did not know me from Adam, he probably does not know who I am now.
We all care about the people that post on this forum, I feel for those like Barbara, if there was something I could personally do, I would be the first one to do something for her.
In the end, please, until you have some study that is peer reviewed by experienced surgeons please refrain from saying that MOM HR devices cause metal ions, yes, some devices that have been recalled have caused issues, and even Smith and Nephew's devices have cause problems when they were not installed correctly.
What the NY Times is saying are half truths, speculation and lies in an attempt to sell soap.
One final note, you will find a lot more patients with issues on this forum posting than you will the positive stories, that's because so many of them have moved on with active lives. I could count into the hundreds of people that I've had the pleasure of meeting digitally on this forum, Pat could probably go into the thousands and thousands, and a huge majority of them have moved on to active lives.
Chuck
Hey cwg, good to see you online. I agree excellent news for John and totally sucks for Barbara. I was thinking about what she's been through last night and it brought me to tears.
I just hope that people on this site can step back a bit and imagine what she has endured over the last 3 years and try to have a little more empathy rather than feeling such a strong need to defend their postion. It does not need defending and Barbara deserves our help, understanding, and prayers.
It's the least this community can do for someone whose BHRs have failed.
Luanna