Explant Episodes

After a devastating accident cost Nikita her eye and left her facing extensive facial reconstruction, she thought surgery would be the beginning of her recovery.Instead, it became the beginning of another nightmare. Surgeons used metal implants and surgical clips to reconstruct her face and jaw. But when Nikita began experiencing reactions she believed were connected to the implanted metal, the very materials intended to help restore her life became another source of suffering. An at-home ...

In this episode of Heavily Metalled, Shari sits down with Keslie to share a striking parallel in their journeys with Tarlov Cyst Disease and metal hypersensitivity. Both women underwent surgery with Dr. Rudolph Schrot M.D., Chief of Neurosurgery in Sacramento, CA—one of the few neurosurgeons in the U.S. specializing in Tarlov cysts—where metal craniofacial microplates and screws were used to close the exposed sacral bone where it was exposed and used to access the sacral nerves. What follo...