The Formal Diagnosis

Ok, like I said the pain in my right hip was so great I decided to have it looked at.  I called my primary care doctor to get the prescription for an MRI and had it done on Friday, March 25, 2011.  Just as I suspected, hip problem.  The formal diagnosis is Avascular Necrosis or osteonecrosis, both meaning death to the hip.  Apparantly when I feel on the ice, I injured the hip and it inturrepted the blood flow to the femar head of the hip.  When blood flow to a joint such as a hip is compromised the hip begins to die.  This condition does not heal itself and there is no remedy other than eventual surgery.