Experiences with

Bone graft

I am wondering if anyone has had this surgery,I need to have it carried out with an iliac crest bone graft and tendon transfer. I have exhausted all other avenues. If anyone has experience with this I would be interested to hear.

The next operation was adding longer screws, another bone graft and this time a bone growth paste, in an effort to save my leg. Success! I sometimes wonder if the trauma and grafts, along with the paste, could have altered the bone marrow. Is trauma to the bone a possible trigger for CLL?

had nearly every remaining tooth filled for decay despite following all the recs to avoid cavities and tons of work done in the preceding 3-4 years Various docs have vastly different recs Doc 1 dentures with implants in a day no big deal but oncologist says risky Doc 2 says implants with bone

I read a lot about exercise benefits for PD. I am sharing my experience. I was diagnosed with PD about 4 years ago. My main symptoms over years are right hand tremors and REM issues which I have on and off for many years. I have been a good runner for many years even before PD diagnosis. After my PD

Tooth extracted, implant inserted with some bone graft. Not pleasant but it didn’t hurt at all. Followed the hygiene instructions to the letter. Lived on cheesy mash, eggs and other soft food for a week. Lost 5lb 😂Went back to 3.5 mg pred the day after, then 3mg since.

I have ET (+ bone marrow fibrosis). I changed from Anagrelide then back to Hydroxycarbomide (which I don't get on with at all so they just tried it again) to eventually Pegasys Interferon Dec 2023. My platelets were very erratic but at my last blood test were finally down to just over 500 middle

Hello, I’m Cat. I’m October I was diagnosed with squamous cell carcinoma (cancer) in my nasal/sinus cavity. It’s quite advanced, locally, and I am about to have a very long surgery to removed a large amount of bone, tissue, skin and teeth. All of my top jaw will be removed, along with my teeth, and

Update from Doug Adv Pca St IV. Taking Abiraterone 250 mg and Pred 5mg daily since 2019. PSA still 0.2 to 0.3mg/ml last 3yrs.. Radiated my prostate IMRT 42x’s Sep-Dec 2005. Last 6 months 19yrs later I’m having Urethral issues. 1. I self Cath 7-8 X/day. Urinary retention since July 2005 2. neurogenic

After a morning of being at the hospital helping my mom who has several medical Issues I was rushing to my own pulmonary rehab for persistent respiratory damage following my first Sept. covid infection then BOOM! Slipped on ICE in a parking lot, fully broke arm bone between elbow & shoulder. Surgeon

Hi Everyone Just a quick follow up to my recent removal of a malignant Melanoma. I mentioned recently a plastic surgeon I was referred to here in a small regional city in Western Australia completely refused to do the wider area excision required to be sure of no spread of satellite cells unless I [

Hello Everyone - It has been awhile again as I have felt reluctant to come to terms with the now clear FACT that my PMR/GCA have never really disappeared after 7 years. I am still on my lowest dose of 8.5mg of Pred which I have been unable to reduce any further - especially in the last few months with

Finally I can give you all an update.I've been to my Endocrinologist (1st time)and I am now on a 6 month waiting list for the Radioactive Iodine treatment. I then had my bone density scan. Then back to the doctor for bloods as the result showed Osteoporosis secondary to Hyperthyroidism (the latter diagnosed

But this very young oral surgeon from UCLA, says since I've been off the bisphosphonates for 5 + years, the surgery, bone graft, and an implant should be no problem. I'm currently tapering from 3.5 to 3.0 on my pred. I'm very nervous about all this.

{added after reading this -trigger warnings for pretty much everything] hello everyone - don’t worry - this is hopefully a calm normal post rather than recent more difficult ones I am not looking for diagnosis or for professional help (this is trying to happen seperately) because this isn’t the purpose

Hello darlings!I'm going to ramble. I'm still really fuckin confused and angry and flabbergast and so much older and struggling and fighting and full of questions after nearly 5 years!! I don't want to talk about the bloody positives. I want to know stuff that only we know. Am I the only poor bastard

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Hi, please see below details on my dad’s PC journey till now. Doc are suggesting prostatectomy and may be stopping firmagon post surgery. Please advise if this would be recommended path to recovery or better alternatives/ outcomes. He had CABG surgery in 2022 and Nov 2024 he was diagnosed with high

Hi, please see below details on my dad’s PC journey till now. Doc are suggesting prostatectomy and may be stopping firmagon post surgery. Please advise if this would be recommended path to recovery or better alternatives/ outcomes. He had CABG surgery in 2022 and Nov 2024 he was diagnosed with high

I am a 53 year old active and apparently healthy woman and am waiting for CABG after suddenly getting angina symptoms in September. I’ve read a lot of tips on here and done a bunch of research but would really like to speak to someone similar to me about how the experience was for them, how long it took

Hi Guys. I am just wondering if any of you had a simiar problem. I was taking blood pressure tablets before my operation. I had a cabg4 operation back in September 2024. I was put on blood thinning tablets, blood pressure tablets and thought my blood pressure would go down as a result but it did not