Necrosis of the hip
Hi all,
Just wondering if anyone can relate to this: The ortho tells me that my cartilage is destroyed in my hip because of radiation. So it is painful--bone on bone. He told me that it will not get better, but worse. I could get a hip replacement but he says it probably won't work because of necrosis (no blood supply). He says if I get a hip replacement then if the surgery did not work I'd be crippled. Crippled! Ugh.
Thanks for any input,
D.W.
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4/06 diagnosed metastatic breast cancer stage III her2nu
4/06-7/06 taxol, carboplatin, herceptin 4/06-4/08 herceptin
8/06 mastectomy, lymph nodes removed
08/06-12/06 taxotere
28 radiation treatments
4/08 mets in brain, spine & hip
4/08 whole brain radiation 10 times
5/08-6/08 spinal radiation 12 times
4/08-9/08 tykerb, xeloda
9/08-present navelbine, herceptin
10/08 MRI shows brain mets just about gone!
4/09-blah more brain mets
6/09-Gamma Knife Radiation to the brain
9/09-three small brain tumors gone, big one shrunk almost in half
3/10 NED (nice)
8/11-more brain mets; shrunken are growing; new one found
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