WITHOUT PRYOR TESTING FOR ALLERGY TO NICKEL WHEN PROCEDURE WAS NOT AN IMMEDIATE NEED BUT A SCHEDULED PROCEDURE, A VASCULAR SURGEON IMPLANTED THREE NICKEL ALLOY STENTS, BUTTED UP TO EACH OTHER, INTO THE FEMORAL ARTERY OF MY HUSBANDS LEG. SHORTLY AFTER HE BROKE OUT IN HIVES THAT WOULD BURN AND ITCH ALL OVER HIS TORSO. THE DOCTORS REFUSED TO ACCEPT THE STENTS THE CAUSE HAVING ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE STENTS. AFTER SEVERAL CHANGES TO MEDICATIONS AND ADDITIONAL MONIES SPENT ON OTHER CREAMS AND HEAVY STEROIDS LIKE PREDNAZONE WE SOUGHT OUT THE MAKER OF THE STENTS ALONG WITH ALLERGIST TO CONDUCT A TEST FOR THE COMPONENTS WHICH SEVERAL DAYS LATER CONFIRMED WHAT WE HAD COME TO ACCEPT AS AN OUTBREAK DUE TO THE NICKEL WHICH EACH STENT WAS MADE OF 55% OF NICKEL COMPONENT. HIS DOCTORS STATED THAT EVEN IF IT WAS SUCH WHICH HE STATED THAT HE HAD NOT EVER SEEN. THAT THE STENTS WEREN'T COMING OUT. WE SOUGHT OUT OTHER MEDICAL MEANS TO REMOVE AND THAT WAS COMPLETED, HOWEVER IT CAME AT A PRICE. THE FEMORAL ARTERY WAS NO LONGER OF USE FOR BLOOD FLOW AND A. TEFLON COATED PIECE OF PLASTIC TUBE, THE DIAMETER OF YOUR PINKY FINGER AND APPROXIMATELY 12"-15" IN LENGTH WAS USED AS A BYPASS GRAFT AND THEN THE LEG MUSCLES WERE STRETCHED OVER THE TUBE TO PROTECT ITS PATENCY. HE SUFFERED FOR MONTHS ONLY SLEEPING A COUPLE HOURS AT A TIME IRRITATION FROM THE HIVES WERE PAINFULL ENOUGH TO AWAKEN HIM. ONCE THE STENTS HAD BEEN REMOVED THE HIVES INSTANTLY WENT AWAY. AS A RESULT OF THE SURGERY TO RELIEVE THE ISSUE, HE NOW HAS MANY SCARS FROM THE INSCISIONS AS WELL AS HIVES THEMSELVES. ON OCCASION HE WILL GET A SHARP SENSATION SHOOT DOWN HIS LEG. THE SWELLING WILL NEVER RETURN TO NORMAL SIZE AND THE KNUMBNESS WILL CONTINUE TO COME AND GO IN LOWER LEG. HE HAS NERVE DAMAGE FROM THE EVENTS AND HE NOW WEARS A COMPRESSION SOCK TO HELP WITH LIMITING THE SWELLING WHEN WALKING WHICH HE CAN NO LONGER DO FOR VERY LONG AT ALL. THE SAME CAN BE SAID FOR STANDING FOR ANY LENGTH OF TIME. HE IS VERY SHORT WINDED AND FEELS FATIGUE COME ON THROUGHOUT THE DAY CAUSING HIM TO NEED SEVERAL NAPS IN EACH DAY. AS A RESULT IN EXPOSING HIS BODY TO THE NICKEL ALLERGENT IN SUCH EXTREME CONDITIONS, HE IS NOW EXTREMELY HYPERSENSITIVE TO THIS COMPONENT. IF YOU ARE NOT AWARE AS TO WHERE YOU WILL FIND NICKEL IN YOUR DAY TO DAY LIVES LET ME TELL YOU THAT YOU ARE SURROUNDED WITH IT. IT IS BASICALLY IN MANY THINGS THAT SURROUND YOU DAILY. ANY BRUSHED NICKEL LIGHT FIXTURES OR FAUCETS AND DOOR KNOBS. MANY HAND TOOLS ALSO CONTAIN NICKEL WHICH WERE A PART IF HIS EVERY DAY WORK NEEDS, ALONG WITH LADDERS AND OTHER INDUSTRIAL TYPE TOOLS. MANY OF THE CHAFING DISHES AT BUFFETS ARE NICKEL PLATED AND CONTAMINATES THE FOODS SERVED FROM THEM. WE CHANGED OUR COOKING UTENSILS , POTS AND PANS FROM STAINLESS STEEL TO NON NICKEL COOKWARE. SILVERWARE ALSO. MANY OF YOUR FOODS CONTAIN NICKEL. IT IS DIFFICULT AND PROVING TO BE QUITE EXPENSIVE. AS A RESULT FROM ALL MY HUSBAND IS NO LONGER ABLE TO WORK AND WILL BE FILING FOR DISABILITY WHICH A WAIT TO APPLY IS NEEDED FOR INITIAL APPLICATION DUE TO THE RESTRICTIONS. WE HAVE USED ALL FUNDS AVAILABLE TO FIND LIVING ARRANGEMENTS INTO A TRAILER AND FORCED TO LEAVE BEHIND MANY THINGS FROM OUR HOME THAT WERE PART IF THE LAST 25 YEARS IF OUR LIVES. IT WAS AN EMOTIONAL TIME AND FORCED TO COMPLETE THE MOVE IN 72 HOURS. AS WE NOW HAVE LOST INCOME FROM HIS JOB DUE TO THE LAYOFF, INADEQUATE ABILITY TO WORK IN THE MANNER HE HAD FOR PAST 20+ YEARS TO BE ACCEPTED ELSEWHERE, WE NOW ARE WITHOUT THE COVERAGE FOR ALL HIS MEDICATIONS SEEKING STATE HEALTHCARE AND OTHER PROGRAMS WHILE WE WAIT FOR FUNDS TO COME IN FROM SOURCES. WE HAVE BEEN FORTUNATE TO HAVE SOME FAMILY AND FRIENDS THAT HAVE HELPED OUT IN WAYS NEVER EXPECTED AND HONESTLY VERY GREATFUL FOR. WE ANTICIPATE THIS STRUGGLE TO END WITHIN A REASONABLE THREE MONTH PERIOD WHILE PAPERS ARE PROCESSED. WE WILL BE SO RELIEVED WHEN ALL IS COMPLETED. WE ARE MORE THAN GREATFUL TO YOUR SUPPORT DURING THESE EXTREMELY TRYING TIMES .
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ReplyDeleteWITHOUT PRYOR TESTING FOR ALLERGY TO NICKEL WHEN PROCEDURE WAS NOT AN IMMEDIATE NEED BUT A SCHEDULED PROCEDURE, A VASCULAR SURGEON IMPLANTED THREE NICKEL ALLOY STENTS, BUTTED UP TO EACH OTHER, INTO THE FEMORAL ARTERY OF MY HUSBANDS LEG. SHORTLY AFTER HE BROKE OUT IN HIVES THAT WOULD BURN AND ITCH ALL OVER HIS TORSO. THE DOCTORS REFUSED TO ACCEPT THE STENTS THE CAUSE HAVING ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE STENTS. AFTER SEVERAL CHANGES TO MEDICATIONS AND ADDITIONAL MONIES SPENT ON OTHER CREAMS AND HEAVY STEROIDS LIKE PREDNAZONE WE SOUGHT OUT THE MAKER OF THE STENTS ALONG WITH ALLERGIST TO CONDUCT A TEST FOR THE COMPONENTS WHICH SEVERAL DAYS LATER CONFIRMED WHAT WE HAD COME TO ACCEPT AS AN OUTBREAK DUE TO THE NICKEL WHICH EACH STENT WAS MADE OF 55% OF NICKEL COMPONENT. HIS DOCTORS STATED THAT EVEN IF IT WAS SUCH WHICH HE STATED THAT HE HAD NOT EVER SEEN. THAT THE STENTS WEREN'T COMING OUT. WE SOUGHT OUT OTHER MEDICAL MEANS TO REMOVE AND THAT WAS COMPLETED, HOWEVER IT CAME AT A PRICE. THE FEMORAL ARTERY WAS NO LONGER OF USE FOR BLOOD FLOW AND A. TEFLON COATED PIECE OF PLASTIC TUBE, THE DIAMETER OF YOUR PINKY FINGER AND APPROXIMATELY 12"-15" IN LENGTH WAS USED AS A BYPASS GRAFT AND THEN THE LEG MUSCLES WERE STRETCHED OVER THE TUBE TO PROTECT ITS PATENCY. HE SUFFERED FOR MONTHS ONLY SLEEPING A COUPLE HOURS AT A TIME IRRITATION FROM THE HIVES WERE PAINFULL ENOUGH TO AWAKEN HIM. ONCE THE STENTS HAD BEEN REMOVED THE HIVES INSTANTLY WENT AWAY. AS A RESULT OF THE SURGERY TO RELIEVE THE ISSUE, HE NOW HAS MANY SCARS FROM THE INSCISIONS AS WELL AS HIVES THEMSELVES. ON OCCASION HE WILL GET A SHARP SENSATION SHOOT DOWN HIS LEG. THE SWELLING WILL NEVER RETURN TO NORMAL SIZE AND THE KNUMBNESS WILL CONTINUE TO COME AND GO IN LOWER LEG. HE HAS NERVE DAMAGE FROM THE EVENTS AND HE NOW WEARS A COMPRESSION SOCK TO HELP WITH LIMITING THE SWELLING WHEN WALKING WHICH HE CAN NO LONGER DO FOR VERY LONG AT ALL. THE SAME CAN BE SAID FOR STANDING FOR ANY LENGTH OF TIME. HE IS VERY SHORT WINDED AND FEELS FATIGUE COME ON THROUGHOUT THE DAY CAUSING HIM TO NEED SEVERAL NAPS IN EACH DAY. AS A RESULT IN EXPOSING HIS BODY TO THE NICKEL ALLERGENT IN SUCH EXTREME CONDITIONS, HE IS NOW EXTREMELY HYPERSENSITIVE TO THIS COMPONENT. IF YOU ARE NOT AWARE AS TO WHERE YOU WILL FIND NICKEL IN YOUR DAY TO DAY LIVES LET ME TELL YOU THAT YOU ARE SURROUNDED WITH IT. IT IS BASICALLY IN MANY THINGS THAT SURROUND YOU DAILY. ANY BRUSHED NICKEL LIGHT FIXTURES OR FAUCETS AND DOOR KNOBS. MANY HAND TOOLS ALSO CONTAIN NICKEL WHICH WERE A PART IF HIS EVERY DAY WORK NEEDS, ALONG WITH LADDERS AND OTHER INDUSTRIAL TYPE TOOLS. MANY OF THE CHAFING DISHES AT BUFFETS ARE NICKEL PLATED AND CONTAMINATES THE FOODS SERVED FROM THEM. WE CHANGED OUR COOKING UTENSILS , POTS AND PANS FROM STAINLESS STEEL TO NON NICKEL COOKWARE. SILVERWARE ALSO. MANY OF YOUR FOODS CONTAIN NICKEL. IT IS DIFFICULT AND PROVING TO BE QUITE EXPENSIVE. AS A RESULT FROM ALL MY HUSBAND IS NO LONGER ABLE TO WORK AND WILL BE FILING FOR DISABILITY WHICH A WAIT TO APPLY IS NEEDED FOR INITIAL APPLICATION DUE TO THE RESTRICTIONS. WE HAVE USED ALL FUNDS AVAILABLE TO FIND LIVING ARRANGEMENTS INTO A TRAILER AND FORCED TO LEAVE BEHIND MANY THINGS FROM OUR HOME THAT WERE PART IF THE LAST 25 YEARS IF OUR LIVES. IT WAS AN EMOTIONAL TIME AND FORCED TO COMPLETE THE MOVE IN 72 HOURS. AS WE NOW HAVE LOST INCOME FROM HIS JOB DUE TO THE LAYOFF, INADEQUATE ABILITY TO WORK IN THE MANNER HE HAD FOR PAST 20+ YEARS TO BE ACCEPTED ELSEWHERE, WE NOW ARE WITHOUT THE COVERAGE FOR ALL HIS MEDICATIONS SEEKING STATE HEALTHCARE AND OTHER PROGRAMS WHILE WE WAIT FOR FUNDS TO COME IN FROM SOURCES. WE HAVE BEEN FORTUNATE TO HAVE SOME FAMILY AND FRIENDS THAT HAVE HELPED OUT IN WAYS NEVER EXPECTED AND HONESTLY VERY GREATFUL FOR. WE ANTICIPATE THIS STRUGGLE TO END WITHIN A REASONABLE THREE MONTH PERIOD WHILE PAPERS ARE PROCESSED. WE WILL BE SO RELIEVED WHEN ALL IS COMPLETED. WE ARE MORE THAN GREATFUL TO YOUR SUPPORT DURING THESE EXTREMELY TRYING TIMES .
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