A vascular surgeon reveals how ingrained dogma prevents doctors from admitting new methods, leading to decades of patient harm. The personal pride of Type A surgeons often outweighs their duty to heal. #MedicalDogma #PatientCare #SurgeonEthics #HealthcareReform
Tried to get braces with a nickel allergy? My lips swelled like lip injections for years! From surgical steel to gold, the constant reactions were intense. A painful lesson in hidden metals. #NickelAllergy #BracesJourney #DentalHealth #MedicalMystery #SensitiveSkin
After surviving breast cancer, Val Johnson believed she was finally moving into healing and recovery. Instead, what followed was years of escalating neurological symptoms, muscle spasms, severe pain, heart rhythm abnormalities, inflammation, weight loss, nervous system dysfunction, and repeated medical dismissal — all while breast and abdominal surgical clips and…
A routine surgery revealed 18 unexpected metal clips in a patient's chest, alongside 8 in the shoulder. This discovery led to improved health, energy, and cognitive function after a previous surgery for a metal allergy. #MedicalDiscovery #HealthJourney #MetalAllergy #PatientStory #UnexpectedFind
If you've been dismissed or misdiagnosed, your pain is real. Sometimes the missing piece is rare, like Tarlov cyst disease or metal implant reactions. Doctors and patients are finding hope and changing the narrative, one story at a time. You are not alone. #Misdiagnosis #ChronicIllness #MetalImplant #PatientAdvocacy #MedicalMystery
Imagine a doctor who truly cares, asks about YOUR symptoms, and partners in your health journey. That's the future of medicine we need: curiosity, humility, and genuine patient support. #DoctorPatientCare #HealthcareInnovation #MedicalPartnership #PatientAdvocacy
Unraveling the link between metal hypersensitivity, particularly to nickel, and Tarlov cyst disease. Discover how medical blind spots and chronic pain intersect, and the journey of finding validation. #MetalAllergy #TarlovCyst #ChronicPain #MedicalMystery #NickelAllergy
Over 90% of patients experienced life-changing symptom improvement after metal removal. Systemic reactions, bioelectric responses, or foreign bodies? Advocate for yourself. #MetalAllergy #HealthJourney #PatientAdvocacy #MedicalMystery
A veteran surgeon, suffering from severe nickel and titanium allergies, must guide his own cardiac surgery to remove debilitating hardware. This is an urgent call to recognize the danger of metal allergies in medical implants. #MetalAllergy #SurgicalHardware #NickelAllergy #TitaniumAllergy #PatientAdvocacy
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…
He was a foot & ankle surgeon for 30+ years. Then he started noticing patterns: • Patients struggling after metal implants. • Symptoms that didn’t fully make sense. • Cases that stuck with him. That curiosity led him into metal hypersensitivity… Then it got personal. After open heart surgery (with…
What happens when one of the world’s leading educators on metal hypersensitivity becomes the patient? In this deeply personal and groundbreaking episode, Dr. Scott Schroeder, DPM, FACFAS—an internationally recognized foot and ankle surgeon with over 30 years of experience—shares the journey that changed everything. After decades of observing unexplained post-surgical…
Madelung’s deformity is a rare congenital condition affecting the forearm, often treated with surgical implants. But for some patients, implanted hardware can trigger far more than a structural issue. In this episode, I’m joined by Stacey Parkinson, a young woman from England who underwent arm and wrist surgery for Madelung’s…
Travel with Dewayne to North Texas where after 20 years of intractable pain due to metal allergy, he gets a DOUBLE HARDWARE REMOVAL (Lumbar and Cervical Spine) for his birthday! In a groundbreaking first for the Heavily Metalled Podcast, Dewayne comes to my hometown in DFW, and has this life-changing…
In this episode, I sit down and bring you up to speed on Shari’s world. I have now had my 48th surgery and in TWO short years have two new chronic diagnoses. Ugh! We are going to talk about how Tarlov Cyst Disease, which you may or may not know…
In this episode, we sit down with the team behind OSSIO Fiber, a new class of bio-integrative fixation technology designed to offer surgeons an alternative to traditional metal implants. Instead of leaving permanent hardware behind, OSSIO Fiber is engineered to provide strong, stable fixation while gradually integrating into the patient’s…
Our guest in this episode, Jen, suffers from Chiari Malformation - A syndrome where brain tissue extends into the spinal canal, estimated to affect approximately 1 in 1000 people. Jen bravely underwent Chiari Decompression surgery to relieve pressure on the brainstem, cerebellum and spinal cord, but immediately knew something was…
Welcome to our Heavily Metalled Season 3 Opener and a Heavily Metalled FIRST! In this episode the renowned metal allergy expert Dr. Scott Schroeder takes metal allergy questions, along with Linda Nelson, CEO of MELISA Diagnostics, on our first ever community Q&A recorded LIVE, along with many questions sent in…
In this groundbreaking episode of Heavily Metalled, we're joined by renowned orthopedic foot and ankle surgeon Dr. Selene Parekh to explore the revolutionary development of the metal-free 3D-printed Talus implant. As systemic metal hypersensitivity gains wider recognition, this innovation offers new hope to patients who may be allergic to traditional…
Tracey O’Neill was at the pinnacle of health as a fitness instructor and in the prime of her active life prior to bi-lateral hip replacement surgery due to a sudden diagnosis of a previously undiagnosed condition: congenital hip dysplasia. Tracey went from her idyllic life to fully disabled, in massive…
With the recent headlines regarding spinal and chronic pain patient Luigi Mangioni, and the brutal murder of a United Healthcare insurance executive, our attention is drawn to the plight of chronically ill patients and our broken healthcare system. Our guest today, Therapist Megan Nichols, LCSW, helps us unpack medical trauma,…
Our guest today, Barry Walsh, has an incredible story about allergies to an IV filter, as well as spinal fusion hardware implanted after a 40 foot fall at a construction site. Prior to surgery Barry was a wealthy & successful construction contractor in New York City to many big name…
Our guest today, Debbie Heist Lambert is the author of the new book “Gadolinium Deposition and Toxicity: Humanizing a Life-Changing Event", as well as head honcho over at Living with Gadolinium, LLC. Debbie is a huge advocate for all medically injured patients. She is enthusiastic about ensuring that informed consent,…
