December 2010
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TUESDAY DECEMBER 28, MIKE HAD A MEETING WITH ONE OF THE TOP 5 ORTHOPEDICS IN THE WORLD AND HE HAD A N XRAY AS WELL. IT DID SHOW A LITTLE DECAY IN THE HIP BONE. DR BOLAND FELT IT WAS HIS ADVANTAGE TO TRY THE PILL FIRST, THE PILL IS SUPPOSE TO MAKE THE BONES STRONGER. HE TAKES THE PILL 1 TIME A WEEK FOR MONTHS, IF THIS DOES NOT HELP THEN HE WILL THINK ABOUT REPLACING THE HIP YEARS DOWN THE ROAD...
DECEMBER 6 , 2010 TODAY, MIKE HAD AN APPOINTMENT TO GET A MRI OF HIS RIGHT LEG BECAUSE OF THE SEVERE PAIN HE WAS HAVING. THE DOCTOR CALLED US BACK WITH THE RESULTS A FEW HOURS LATER AND TOLD US AGAIN BAD NEWS, THAT THE BALL GOING INTO HIS HIP, WAS DAMAGE, AND THE CHEMO AND THE STEROIDS CAUSED THAT TO HAPPEN AND HE WILL BE NEEDING A HIP REPLACEMENT. WE WERE VERY DEVISTATED WITH THE NEWS...