No cure, but treatments. These range from total replacement of the bone to drilling holes in the area to relieve pressure and introduce marrow, medicine, or stem cells. The Efficacy of replacement is the only treatment I know of that is successful, and and depends on a million different criteria.
Having a joint replacement operation is as close to a cure as possible. That surgery removes the part of the body affected by the osteonecrosis and replaces it with an implant. If there are no other affected joints the surgery is effectively a cure
My daughter was born with SHOULDER DYSTOCIA which I now know is almost an obstetric red flag for medical negligence. I developed this terrible disease after I suffered the trauma of 5 nurses and doctor pulling me apart like a rag doll to get my daugh...
April was an interesting month. I started having hip pain when I'd stand up after sitting for a while. But my hip didn't bother me skiing or dancing at a wedding or going on log walks. But by the end of April, the pain was awful so I saw an orthopedi...
I 1989, I quit smoking, I had been a heavy smoker for 20 years. As soon as I quit, I developed a chronic cough. I went to lung specialists, allergy specialists, asthma specialists, pulmonologists, etc. Each time I saw a doctor, they prescribed co...
AFTER BEING DIAGNOSED WITH EPILEPSY AT AGE 5 I BATTLED SEIZURES MY ENTIRE LIFE. I TRIED EVERY MEDICATION AVAILABLE IN AND OUT OF THE COUNTRY. EVENTUALLY WE DECIDED TO TRY A CRANIOTOMY/ REMOVING THE PART OF THE BRAIN THAT CAUSED SEIZURES TO PREVENT ...
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My on line profile is listed as Jenny from the Block. I am 53, today in September 2018.
Until now, I have had a pretty wonderful and really tough life. My Holy Spirit has always been with me and brought me through many da...
Martin Luther said. " I have a dream"
Jennifer Montoya - AVN /ON Patient says
" I HAVE A PLAN"
The plan - help people like us - get ahold of me if you want to join a team of amazing people make the AVN/ON world a better place.
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