zippityboomboom wrote:
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?
What the WHAT?! I've never heard of that. When my ortho spoke to me, he said they were metal pins, rods, and even discs that are used to stabilize and/or replace the failing discs. I have never heard of using cadaver bones for those kinds of procedures! Not saying it doesn't happen, but I've never heard of it Twitch