Plates and pins in my arm... have them removed?
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roohill
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Has anyone ever had or heard of someone having plates removed after the bones grow back? I have two in my left arm, after a nasty open fracture... then both bones slowly grew, one not growing back at all , so I had bone from my knee and donor bone put in my arm, finally it took. But I feel like they are grinding down on my bones when I try to do strength exercises. Not sure if grinding is really the word... But there is a pressure I don't feel with my other arm. Want more than anything to get rid of my bat wing arm fat. But scared..when I start feeling pain, I back off. it's been about 7 months since my last "cleared" doc visit. Also scared to have a third surgery on my arm. My doc mentioned being willing to remove them if I felt it would help the chronic pain. Right now on a normal day it's nothing more than tylenol worthy pain. Some days are a whole other ball game. I can't help but wonder though if it would be beneficial to have them removed. Thoughts?
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my daughter had to have her plates and screw removed because of the pain they were causing, and once they were removed the doctor found out that the plates/screws were actually causing a major irritation due to her having an allergic reaction to them inside of her arm. Since then...........................no pain.........................0
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I shattered my knee joint and they put it together with pins. After about a year it kept getting more and more sore no matter what I did. I had the pins removed (20 minutes under light anesthetic) and found out they were starting to work their way out and causing the equivalent of a blister on the muscle over top of them. I was able to walk out of the hospital so I wouldn't worry too much about having it done.0
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