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Originally Posted by Lonewolf Ed
I am at the center yet again and din't get the news I hoped for regarding my MRI the Saturday before last. I do have avascular necrosis in my left hip and it is not reversible. So, apparently, hip replacement surgery is in my future. I am rather pissed off; I am tired of losing bits and pieces because of and to this damned cancer.
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Sorry to hear about the hip Ed. If there is a positive side to the hip replacement it's the fact that the procedure has come along way over the last couple of years. I had a relative that had one last Monday and he was walking up stairs with the aid of crutches two days later.
With the new procedure they can go in through the front with the replacement, rather than the back, which avoids messing up a bunch of extra muscle and speeds up the recovery time significantly.
Here is a random explanation of the new procedure.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfMTPAjnx9M