Re: Update on my reversing AVN

[Guest guest]

Hi :

Congratulations!. This is uncommon but not as unusual as you might

think. " AVN " has a variety of csuses and stages. Now that MRI is

available we are seeing alot of this process in people with normal X-

rays. There is a related condition which is completely reversible

called " migratory " or " transient " osteoporosis. This is thought to be

an early but reversible form of AVN. it is common in the hip,

shoulder and knee. Some patients have had it occur in several

consecutive joints with reversal (4 months to a year).. It is

probable that there is a great range within this condition. It is

likely that many people get it and recover without any diagnosis.

michael (Radiologist in NC)

> Hello everyone! Its been several months since my last posting and

I

> told everyone I would get back with them after I got my next MRI.

I

> was diagnosed with bilateral AVN in my hips about 1 1/2 years ago

and

> about 9 months ago, my pain suddenly started disappearing. I went

> back to my ortho and he said that my AVN was actually " reversing, "

> meaning instead of my hips getting worse, they were getting

better.

> I posted a message in here telling everyone of the good news and I

> received a lot of comments from skeptics that said I need to get

> MRI's to back this up. Well, I took their advice and got a full

> scale MRI of both hips a month ago. Today I got the results, which

> confirmed that my hips are regenerating. The edima is gone, there

is

> no collapse, and the bone is actually regrowing. My doctor said

that

> this sometimes happens, although they really have no idea why, and

> that it is very unlikely that my hips would take a turn for the

worst

> in the future. His prognosis is full recovery without any

surgery.

> I'm just so very lucky and I wanted to share my good news with

> everyone, especially to encourage anyone who, like I was, may be in

> the early stages of AVN and feeling hopeless. The 1st doctor I

went

> to wanted me to do CD surgery asap and I got a second opinion. My

> current doctor says that he believes many of the successes of CD

> surgery would have been spontaneous reversing WITHOUT the surgery,

so

> he always likes to wait a little longer than most to see if things

> will get better on their own before doing surgery. He was right!

> Thank you Dr. Kelman!!! At any rate, I feel very blessed!

> Never give up hope!

> Craig

> Boca Raton, FL

[Guest guest]

Hi :

Congratulations!. This is uncommon but not as unusual as you might

think. " AVN " has a variety of csuses and stages. Now that MRI is

available we are seeing alot of this process in people with normal X-

rays. There is a related condition which is completely reversible

called " migratory " or " transient " osteoporosis. This is thought to be

an early but reversible form of AVN. it is common in the hip,

shoulder and knee. Some patients have had it occur in several

consecutive joints with reversal (4 months to a year).. It is

probable that there is a great range within this condition. It is

likely that many people get it and recover without any diagnosis.

michael (Radiologist in NC)

> Hello everyone! Its been several months since my last posting and

I

> told everyone I would get back with them after I got my next MRI.

I

> was diagnosed with bilateral AVN in my hips about 1 1/2 years ago

and

> about 9 months ago, my pain suddenly started disappearing. I went

> back to my ortho and he said that my AVN was actually " reversing, "

> meaning instead of my hips getting worse, they were getting

better.

> I posted a message in here telling everyone of the good news and I

> received a lot of comments from skeptics that said I need to get

> MRI's to back this up. Well, I took their advice and got a full

> scale MRI of both hips a month ago. Today I got the results, which

> confirmed that my hips are regenerating. The edima is gone, there

is

> no collapse, and the bone is actually regrowing. My doctor said

that

> this sometimes happens, although they really have no idea why, and

> that it is very unlikely that my hips would take a turn for the

worst

> in the future. His prognosis is full recovery without any

surgery.

> I'm just so very lucky and I wanted to share my good news with

> everyone, especially to encourage anyone who, like I was, may be in

> the early stages of AVN and feeling hopeless. The 1st doctor I

went

> to wanted me to do CD surgery asap and I got a second opinion. My

> current doctor says that he believes many of the successes of CD

> surgery would have been spontaneous reversing WITHOUT the surgery,

so

> he always likes to wait a little longer than most to see if things

> will get better on their own before doing surgery. He was right!

> Thank you Dr. Kelman!!! At any rate, I feel very blessed!

> Never give up hope!

> Craig

> Boca Raton, FL

[Guest guest]

Wow Craig

What a wonderful story. I feel very happy for you.

All the best to you in the future.

ine

4/2003

3/2004

> Hello everyone! Its been several months since my last posting and

I

> told everyone I would get back with them after I got my next MRI.

I

> was diagnosed with bilateral AVN in my hips about 1 1/2 years ago

and

> about 9 months ago, my pain suddenly started disappearing. I went

> back to my ortho and he said that my AVN was actually " reversing, "

> meaning instead of my hips getting worse, they were getting

better.

> I posted a message in here telling everyone of the good news and I

> received a lot of comments from skeptics that said I need to get

> MRI's to back this up. Well, I took their advice and got a full

> scale MRI of both hips a month ago. Today I got the results, which

> confirmed that my hips are regenerating. The edima is gone, there

is

> no collapse, and the bone is actually regrowing. My doctor said

that

> this sometimes happens, although they really have no idea why, and

> that it is very unlikely that my hips would take a turn for the

worst

> in the future. His prognosis is full recovery without any

surgery.

> I'm just so very lucky and I wanted to share my good news with

> everyone, especially to encourage anyone who, like I was, may be in

> the early stages of AVN and feeling hopeless. The 1st doctor I

went

> to wanted me to do CD surgery asap and I got a second opinion. My

> current doctor says that he believes many of the successes of CD

> surgery would have been spontaneous reversing WITHOUT the surgery,

so

> he always likes to wait a little longer than most to see if things

> will get better on their own before doing surgery. He was right!

> Thank you Dr. Kelman!!! At any rate, I feel very blessed!

> Never give up hope!

> Craig

> Boca Raton, FL

[Guest guest]

Thats great news. I have bilateral AVN as well. I had my left side

resurfaced in March. My right side looks like it is contuing to

collapse.

Did you do anything special to try and reverse the AVN?

Beaule C+ 3/5/04

> Hello everyone! Its been several months since my last posting and

I

> told everyone I would get back with them after I got my next MRI.

I

> was diagnosed with bilateral AVN in my hips about 1 1/2 years ago

and

> about 9 months ago, my pain suddenly started disappearing. I went

> back to my ortho and he said that my AVN was actually " reversing, "

> meaning instead of my hips getting worse, they were getting

better.

> I posted a message in here telling everyone of the good news and I

> received a lot of comments from skeptics that said I need to get

> MRI's to back this up. Well, I took their advice and got a full

> scale MRI of both hips a month ago. Today I got the results, which

> confirmed that my hips are regenerating. The edima is gone, there

is

> no collapse, and the bone is actually regrowing. My doctor said

that

> this sometimes happens, although they really have no idea why, and

> that it is very unlikely that my hips would take a turn for the

worst

> in the future. His prognosis is full recovery without any

surgery.

> I'm just so very lucky and I wanted to share my good news with

> everyone, especially to encourage anyone who, like I was, may be in

> the early stages of AVN and feeling hopeless. The 1st doctor I

went

> to wanted me to do CD surgery asap and I got a second opinion. My

> current doctor says that he believes many of the successes of CD

> surgery would have been spontaneous reversing WITHOUT the surgery,

so

> he always likes to wait a little longer than most to see if things

> will get better on their own before doing surgery. He was right!

> Thank you Dr. Kelman!!! At any rate, I feel very blessed!

> Never give up hope!

> Craig

> Boca Raton, FL

[Guest guest]

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im probably wrong on this , but there is something called

ITO......Idiopathic Transient Osteoporous which has similar

test results to AVN and is sometimes mis-diagnosed as AVN.

It's relatively rare and heals itself over a period of several

months . Its most common among pregnant women and middle aged

men.

Just curious

In surfacehippy , " jcb561 " wrote:

> Hello everyone! Its been several months since my last posting and

I

> told everyone I would get back with them after I got my next MRI.

I

> was diagnosed with bilateral AVN in my hips about 1 1/2 years ago

and

> about 9 months ago, my pain suddenly started disappearing. I went

> back to my ortho and he said that my AVN was actually " reversing, "

> meaning instead of my hips getting worse, they were getting

better.

> I posted a message in here telling everyone of the good news and I

> received a lot of comments from skeptics that said I need to get

> MRI's to back this up. Well, I took their advice and got a full

> scale MRI of both hips a month ago. Today I got the results, which

> confirmed that my hips are regenerating. The edima is gone, there

is

> no collapse, and the bone is actually regrowing. My doctor said

that

> this sometimes happens, although they really have no idea why, and

> that it is very unlikely that my hips would take a turn for the

worst

> in the future. His prognosis is full recovery without any

surgery.

> I'm just so very lucky and I wanted to share my good news with

> everyone, especially to encourage anyone who, like I was, may be in

> the early stages of AVN and feeling hopeless. The 1st doctor I

went

> to wanted me to do CD surgery asap and I got a second opinion. My

> current doctor says that he believes many of the successes of CD

> surgery would have been spontaneous reversing WITHOUT the surgery,

so

> he always likes to wait a little longer than most to see if things

> will get better on their own before doing surgery. He was right!

> Thank you Dr. Kelman!!! At any rate, I feel very blessed!

> Never give up hope!

> Craig

> Boca Raton, FL

[Guest guest]

My doctor said that many AVN cases are idiopathic, meaning they have

no idea what exactly is causing it, and some cases just get better

on their own for no reason. He used that word idiopathic when

describing my AVN in the doctor visit I had with him a couple days

ago. I'm male, 37, and as far as I know, I'm not pregnant! :-)

> > Hello everyone! Its been several months since my last posting

and

> I

> > told everyone I would get back with them after I got my next

MRI.

> I

> > was diagnosed with bilateral AVN in my hips about 1 1/2 years

ago

> and

> > about 9 months ago, my pain suddenly started disappearing. I

went

> > back to my ortho and he said that my AVN was

actually " reversing, "

> > meaning instead of my hips getting worse, they were getting

> better.

> > I posted a message in here telling everyone of the good news and

I

> > received a lot of comments from skeptics that said I need to get

> > MRI's to back this up. Well, I took their advice and got a full

> > scale MRI of both hips a month ago. Today I got the results,

which

> > confirmed that my hips are regenerating. The edima is gone,

there

> is

> > no collapse, and the bone is actually regrowing. My doctor said

> that

> > this sometimes happens, although they really have no idea why,

and

> > that it is very unlikely that my hips would take a turn for the

> worst

> > in the future. His prognosis is full recovery without any

> surgery.

> > I'm just so very lucky and I wanted to share my good news with

> > everyone, especially to encourage anyone who, like I was, may be

in

> > the early stages of AVN and feeling hopeless. The 1st doctor I

> went

> > to wanted me to do CD surgery asap and I got a second opinion.

My

> > current doctor says that he believes many of the successes of CD

> > surgery would have been spontaneous reversing WITHOUT the

surgery,

> so

> > he always likes to wait a little longer than most to see if

things

> > will get better on their own before doing surgery. He was

right!

> > Thank you Dr. Kelman!!! At any rate, I feel very blessed!

> > Never give up hope!

> > Craig

> > Boca Raton, FL

[Guest guest]

As a matter of fact, I did do a lot of praying. I also took a

dietary supliment for a while....it was called " Circulegs " and it

had Horse Chestnut in it. It is supposed to increase circulation in

the legs, as the name implies. Honestly, I can't say it was because

of the supliment, because I only took it for about a month, but who

knows. It was around the time my pain started going away.

Honestly, I think I was just lucky.

> > Hello everyone! Its been several months since my last posting

and

> I

> > told everyone I would get back with them after I got my next

MRI.

> I

> > was diagnosed with bilateral AVN in my hips about 1 1/2 years

ago

> and

> > about 9 months ago, my pain suddenly started disappearing. I

went

> > back to my ortho and he said that my AVN was

actually " reversing, "

> > meaning instead of my hips getting worse, they were getting

> better.

> > I posted a message in here telling everyone of the good news and

I

> > received a lot of comments from skeptics that said I need to get

> > MRI's to back this up. Well, I took their advice and got a full

> > scale MRI of both hips a month ago. Today I got the results,

which

> > confirmed that my hips are regenerating. The edima is gone,

there

> is

> > no collapse, and the bone is actually regrowing. My doctor said

> that

> > this sometimes happens, although they really have no idea why,

and

> > that it is very unlikely that my hips would take a turn for the

> worst

> > in the future. His prognosis is full recovery without any

> surgery.

> > I'm just so very lucky and I wanted to share my good news with

> > everyone, especially to encourage anyone who, like I was, may be

in

> > the early stages of AVN and feeling hopeless. The 1st doctor I

> went

> > to wanted me to do CD surgery asap and I got a second opinion.

My

> > current doctor says that he believes many of the successes of CD

> > surgery would have been spontaneous reversing WITHOUT the

surgery,

> so

> > he always likes to wait a little longer than most to see if

things

> > will get better on their own before doing surgery. He was

right!

> > Thank you Dr. Kelman!!! At any rate, I feel very blessed!

> > Never give up hope!

> > Craig

> > Boca Raton, FL