FallenAngelFound wrote:
I've never had medical staples. I do tell my PCP physician(s) that I have this severe metal sensitivity. I guess, if I had a medical emergency and got surgical staples, I'd probably be ok until I woke up, or maybe they'd notice the wound was weeping/irritated/inflamed. I should ask my doctor about this, now that you mention it.

I have degenerative disc disease, and HAVE discussed with the orthopedic surgeon my metal allergy, because I'll be damned if I end up having a disc replacement and they put something in my body that I'll have a violent reaction to


Don't they usually use cadaver bones for stuff like that?