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    Anyone with vascularized bone graft OR THR at a young age?

    Thanks, it feels great to be active again after basically doing nothing for months. I definitely know how you feel. Keep your head up and best of luck to you. You've found a great site and sounds like you have a plan to go forward. I know you'll be successful and back to doing what you want...
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    Anyone with vascularized bone graft OR THR at a young age?

    It's been a while since I've visited this forum, but I've been feeling so great since my THR I wanted to come by and check in. This forum was so helpful to me as I was going through this. My short story - 44 years old (which I still consider pretty young), AVN in both hips, RTHR on 9/23/14...
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    Calling for young adults/patients who have done or going to do THR

    I know this feeling all to well. I went from running 4-5 miles a day to hardly being able to walk in just a couple of months. This is the procedure I had done: broken link removed: https://www.medacta.com/en/europe/medical-professionals/products/hip/anterior-approach/amis I couldn't be...
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    Calling for young adults/patients who have done or going to do THR

    I am 43 and have AVN in both hips. I just had my right hip replaced (it will be two weeks tomorrow). My recovery is going really well and I'm feeling better than I did before the surgery (most of the time). I had the anterior approach and was up and walking without a cane or walker a few hours...
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    THR Long, Long Wait - Rhonda K's Recovery

    @Rhonda K glad your recovery is going well. After all the shower talk, I think I'm going to have to take my first one. Ready to get the hospital grime off me.
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    THR whatthe2's recovery thread

    I took a walk with PT yesterday and was able to walk much better. She said my gait looked considerably better than it did the day before so she didn't have any concerns and told me to carry on. After a short delay in being released yesterday due to some urine retention issues (go figure, my...
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    THR whatthe2's recovery thread

    Yeah I had the Anterior approach so my surgeon encourages me to walk ASAP. I'm a bit sore, but can walk better than I could before. We'll see how it goes tomorrow, but my PT wants to take a look at my gait before I go home since I began limping quite a bit over the past few months. Hopefully it...
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    THR whatthe2's recovery thread

    PT came by and took me for a walk around the hospital. Did a couple laps without a walker or cane. Feeling pretty good at this point. Time to relax in the lounger and ice the new hardware. Thanks to all for the great info and support. So glad I found his forum. It's really helping. Sent from...
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    THR whatthe2's recovery thread

    Surgery went well. My OS said the femoral head was completely dead and the labral tear was pretty bad as well. He was very pleased with how everything went. I have a slight amount of pain where the incision is, but it seems like my leg and groin pain is pretty much gone. Planning on getting up...
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    AVN - Sounds like a new hip (or most likely hips) are in my future

    Today is the day, finally! I'm ready and have the BoneSmart mantras committed to memory. Wish me luck.
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    Bilateral AVN - need info about Core Decompression and other medication

    I found out about two months ago that I had AVN when I began to have severe pain in my right hip. Up until then I hadn't noticed any pain in my left hip. However, over the last month or so I've begun to notice a bit of pain - like a deep groin pain. I'm not sure if I'm just noticing it now...
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    Bilateral AVN - need info about Core Decompression and other medication

    According to the OS who specializes in AVN that I saw last week, AVN will not heal on it's own. It may take a while for the disease to progress, but eventually it will get to the point where it gets worse and begins to hurt. Her recommendation was to try CD in hopes that it could save my left...
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    THR Kerfline on the other side!

    Congrats! Glad all went well and you are feeling good. Sent from my iPhone using BoneSmart Forum
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    Bilateral AVN - need info about Core Decompression and other medication

    After Core Decompression, you need to stay off the leg, entirely, for at least six weeks (perhaps longer depending on the surgeon and if an FVFG was also performed). This is because you need time for the bone to heal (or try to heal) once the bone has been decompressed with either a large hole...
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    27 yr old male, right hip avn

    Hi @robstinson , welcome to the forum! I've also got AVN (both hips, but the right is worse). I've had nagging groin pain over the years, but didn't think much about it until several months ago when I began to get pretty severe pain in my right hip and had trouble walking. I was referred to...
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