Good day all! I have a very unusual need.
Briefly....I'm 65. When I was 14 I was shot in the right leg with a Sheridan Silver Streak 5mm pump. The pellet lodged behind the femur just above the knee. Doctor said best to leave it where it was, Fast forward 51 years to 2024. I blew my right knee almost two years ago. Upon x-ray they saw the pellet (I had forgotten). For 2 years they have refused to do an MRI due to the pellet. Without the MRI the best they can do for me is gel injections. To my knowledge it is all lead and shouldn't be a problem.
Since I had a successful abdominal MRI last year I convinced the hospital to screen my knee for approval. They have approved and I'm scheduled for 11/15. They want me to try to find the projectile type and bring it so they can test it. That's the only way they can be 100% sure there will be no "problems" during the MRI. It was the Sheridan 5mm pellet in the yellow plastic can of 500. I just need 1 pellet. Is there any route I can take to get one 5mm pellet that hasn't been produced in decades? If there is a source that can provide I'm willing to pay for it or even return it after the 15th. If it sounds like I'm begging that's about the size of it.
I have contacted Sheridan. They were sympathetic but told me the company had changed hands in the past and all old stock was long gone.
Thank you guys for your time. Any advice would be appreciated. Anybody undergo a MRI with a lead projectile?
Briefly....I'm 65. When I was 14 I was shot in the right leg with a Sheridan Silver Streak 5mm pump. The pellet lodged behind the femur just above the knee. Doctor said best to leave it where it was, Fast forward 51 years to 2024. I blew my right knee almost two years ago. Upon x-ray they saw the pellet (I had forgotten). For 2 years they have refused to do an MRI due to the pellet. Without the MRI the best they can do for me is gel injections. To my knowledge it is all lead and shouldn't be a problem.
Since I had a successful abdominal MRI last year I convinced the hospital to screen my knee for approval. They have approved and I'm scheduled for 11/15. They want me to try to find the projectile type and bring it so they can test it. That's the only way they can be 100% sure there will be no "problems" during the MRI. It was the Sheridan 5mm pellet in the yellow plastic can of 500. I just need 1 pellet. Is there any route I can take to get one 5mm pellet that hasn't been produced in decades? If there is a source that can provide I'm willing to pay for it or even return it after the 15th. If it sounds like I'm begging that's about the size of it.
I have contacted Sheridan. They were sympathetic but told me the company had changed hands in the past and all old stock was long gone.
Thank you guys for your time. Any advice would be appreciated. Anybody undergo a MRI with a lead projectile?