“Has anyone uncovered a link between the post op pain and the usage of the metal clips to close the ducts?
How many people with this problem have reactions to metals…. ears getting irritated if earrings aren’t gold etc….
My wife is 3 weeks out from the surgery and the pain is bad. She found these posts and started to cry… this is me she said….
She has a severely painful reaction to a metal stent during a kidney operation a few years ago… as soon as the stent was removed she felt better….
Now that we’ve read more on the surgical procedure and see that they use either metal clips, disolvable clips, or string to tie the ducts closed; we believe the problem may be a reaction to the metal…
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