Frances Scott, a mother of three and a former network news anchor in Raleigh, North Carolina, at a very young age, experienced nagging hip pain and after consulting with twelve different doctors in multiple states, decided to have both hips replaced in one surgery with the now off-market Johnson & Johnson-DePuy Metal-on-Metal Hips. Frances then experienced total & complete disability, along with the loss of her journalism career & upper middle-class social standing due to pain & metal toxicity from both an undiagnosed allergy to nickel, contained in the implants, and also poisoning from the cobalt-chrome alloy as the well-documented grinding of the metal-on-metal hip implants released toxic metal ions into her bloodstream and circulated them throughout her body.  Once the toxicity & allergy was confirmed, Frances located a surgeon willing to perform the revisions and underwent a second bilateral total hip replacement, which replaced the metal balls and sockets with ceramic balls and plastic liners. Frances experienced much by way of recovery but the damage had been done. Her decades-long career remained forfeit, they were forced to leave their upscale lifestyle and move into a run-down foreclosure and the hip replacements continued to prove life-altering. She, among others, would come to realize that medical devices often do not undergo rigorous, or sometimes any testing at all prior to being implanted inside a patient.  Frances went on to do loads of patient advocacy work, even attending the bellwether device safety trials and speaking out before the FDA on medical device safety in 2019 at the Immunology Devices Panel discussion regarding Immunological Responses to Metal-Containing Medical Devices.  Frances’ story is a lesson in trusting your gut instinct. As she experienced, doctors are not always right and it is important to listen to your body. It is also important to consult with multiple doctors if you experience any symptoms. The most important thing is to trust your own intuition and not be afraid to take control of your own health. Even if it means going against the advice of your doctor, it is important to remember that you know your body best. Metal allergy can be a dangerous and life-altering condition. It can cause severe pain and disrupt an individual's life. Spreading awareness regarding this most important issue is of the utmost importance.  In this episode, you will learn: Why surgery is not always the answer. How big pharma manipulates the release of information to reap billions.  How doctors may be misled by flawed studies. The importance of trusting your gut and of self-advocacy.  ~Links and Resources~ ~ To see images that accompany this episode click HERE: .https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/15hT5M42AaFbwsVSxovCFbYNyTuGEvyu6?usp=share_link ~ To see Frances testify before the FDA click HERE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o86QfyBjDdk&feature=youtu.be ~ To see the "Billion Dollar Baby KABC news segment click HERE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ON9DgGkSQ8M ~ ~To learn more visit HeavilyMetalled.com. ~ Check out the “Heavily Metalled” resource page: https://www.heavilymetalled.com/p/patient-resources/ ~ Follow Heavily Metalled on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HeavilyMetalled ~ Follow Heavily Metalled on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/heavilymetalled/ ~ Subscribe to Heavily Metalled on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@HeavilyMetalled ~ Check out our sponsor MELISA.org ***Many WONDERFUL, supportive special-interest communities exist for metal allergies and diet, hardware issues, medical devices, etc., online and on social media. They have many resources and often act as a collective think-tank. I owe many parts of my recovery to knowledge obtained in such groups. Search keywords to join these groups and find your tribe!***