Just got a recall on some important parts I got last year!! - Lateral-g Forums

**waynieZ** · #1 09-23-2010, 04:06 PM

Hi guys don't you just hate recalls! Such a pain in the a$$ to deal with . Well I just got a doosie. I got a letter in the mail they re called my hip implant. How do you like me now! I can't believe it. They re called them from the market because they are putting metal shaving in to the blood stream and are fracturing some peoples thiegh bone. The worst ones with the most trouble are the complete hip replacements Which is t he one I have. lucky me. I can't believe it, I'm stunned. They already have a lawyer on TV offering to take cases for this. As if building a new car and a garage isn't enough.

prostreet69cama · #2 09-23-2010, 04:38 PM

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Originally Posted by waynieZ

Hi guys don't you just hate recalls! Such a pain in the a$$ to deal with . Well I just got a doosie. I got a letter in the mail they re called my hip implant. How do you like me now! I can't believe it. They re called them from the market because they are putting metal shaving in to the blood stream and are fracturing some peoples thiegh bone. The worst ones with the most trouble are the complete hip replacements Which is t he one I have. lucky me. I can't believe it, I'm stunned. They already have a lawyer on TV offering to take cases for this. As if building a new car and a garage isn't enough.

Yea I saw the commercial on TV. Good Luck....

Fluid Power · #3 09-23-2010, 06:39 PM

Nice, how does that work? They cover the hospital bills to "re-do" the surgery? What a PITA. I feel for you brother...

Darren

**tones2SS** · #4 09-23-2010, 06:55 PM

That sucks Wayne. Sorry to hear that. How can a manufacturer be so careless as to overlook something like that?
Best of luck brother. Stay strong!

68400BIRD · #5 09-24-2010, 11:50 AM

Best of luck to you. The recovery is the hardest part.

cheapta · #6 09-26-2010, 07:42 PM

If you don't mind me asking-what brand of implant do you have?

**GregWeld** · #7 09-26-2010, 08:07 PM

Wow Wayne! Man oh man... that's a tough one!

Hey --- Stay positive! Maybe you get the garage as a "benefit" of going through this?

awr68 · #8 09-26-2010, 08:25 PM

WOW! That is a biggie! Stay strong my friend! Let us know when you go in!

LowchevyII · #9 09-27-2010, 02:06 AM

wow never heard of a hip implant getting recalled. hoping for the best for you. Definitely gonna be a bummer with the healing process. hope you get compensated pretty good. best of luck

rwhite692 · #10 09-27-2010, 04:07 PM

Damn, Wayne!

I was always amazed by those implants...and the one in the recall is metal-on-metal bearing surfaces in the ball/socket - You'd think, "that can't be good" (?).

You would think that they would make one component out of metal and the other out of, say, ceramic. I'm sure there are just a whole bunch of engineering considerations and conflicts involved with a piece of hardware being inside of a human body....crazy stuff.

Well maybe they can put a Zerk fitting on the side of your hip, Wayne?