Around a year ago I was diagnosed with Bi-Lateral AVN. I am 46 years old and at the time was not even having any hip pain. I was having some stomach issues and they found it by accident.
The whole thing has been overwhelming, I could probably go on for awhile with what I have been going through but I will try to just hit on the main points. I went to my first doctor who right away wanted to treat me with the core decompression surgery. By my regular doctors propting I ended up going to a major unniversity not far from where I live to seek an additional opinion. This doctor told me that since I was not having any pain at that point the core decompression was pre-mature. He also had very little faith in that procedure changing the outcome of my desease. He started treating me with Fosamax and thought that we should just monitor the situation.
Needless to say taking a pill compared to surgery I choose to follow the second doctors advice. That was 11 months ago, I have since then experienced varying degrees of discomfort. Recently I have been having alot of pain in my thighs and legs. The worst that I have experienced so far. Has anyone else with this problem had similar pain? I feel that eventually I am going to be facing hip replacement. I am scared but if the pain continues I feel that there will be no choice. I have been reading things on this forum but this is the first that I have wrote. I would appreciate any feedback from people that have been there, done that. Thank-you!
The whole thing has been overwhelming, I could probably go on for awhile with what I have been going through but I will try to just hit on the main points. I went to my first doctor who right away wanted to treat me with the core decompression surgery. By my regular doctors propting I ended up going to a major unniversity not far from where I live to seek an additional opinion. This doctor told me that since I was not having any pain at that point the core decompression was pre-mature. He also had very little faith in that procedure changing the outcome of my desease. He started treating me with Fosamax and thought that we should just monitor the situation.
Needless to say taking a pill compared to surgery I choose to follow the second doctors advice. That was 11 months ago, I have since then experienced varying degrees of discomfort. Recently I have been having alot of pain in my thighs and legs. The worst that I have experienced so far. Has anyone else with this problem had similar pain? I feel that eventually I am going to be facing hip replacement. I am scared but if the pain continues I feel that there will be no choice. I have been reading things on this forum but this is the first that I have wrote. I would appreciate any feedback from people that have been there, done that. Thank-you!
