Cheryl, once Dr. Clavel and Dr. Blumenthal at the Texas Back Institute saw my blood test, they both said they did not want to do surgery on me. This is why I'm going to get a second blood test to confirm the first. I wrote Yolanda and she said to let her know the results of the second test. So, the answer is that if you have an allergy to a certain metal, it is not a good idea to get an implant made out of that metal.
When I saw an allergist locally, he thought the test was crap and my primary care thought the results were unlikely. The allergist said that I sabotaged my efforts by getting the blood test done. Isn't that a lovely thing to say! He offered me no solutions to my problem. It's not an easy problem to have here in the U.S.
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2006: epidural shots did nothing; 2 surgeons recommended 2 level fusion, I declined.
2007 - 2010 4 foraminotomy and cord decompression cervical surgeries and 2 endoscopic discectomy T7-T8 surgeries; total 6 with Dr. Jho (Pittsburgh,PA) My C6/C7 autofused around 2009.
2013 - 2015: epidurals 3 times (again did nothing) and 4 Radiofrequency ablation (or RFA) procedures.
2016 more RFAs, hit the 10 year mark of this insanity and pain, 3 level M6-C ADR with Dr. Clavel May 19, 2016 
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