tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7439758578325482759.post201548475193819611..comments2024-02-25T17:41:39.937-08:00Comments on Agent Orange - C-123K Aircrew & Maintainers - VA now honors our Agent Orange claims!: Surprise - I've learned my most recent disease is Agent Orange related!C-123 & C-130 Veteranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02099323548384182988noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7439758578325482759.post-26906766619216912242024-01-19T11:07:09.100-08:002024-01-19T11:07:09.100-08:00I’m first generation and I’m on my second hip due ...I’m first generation and I’m on my second hip due to AVNAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7439758578325482759.post-53999431777667733832021-10-25T12:04:20.266-07:002021-10-25T12:04:20.266-07:00Could this also be first generation of agent orang...Could this also be first generation of agent orange exposure? I believe My father was exposed and I have AVN. Thank youAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06533980734704384591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7439758578325482759.post-52438689277191389692015-02-09T19:58:56.973-08:002015-02-09T19:58:56.973-08:00Just found this information regarding AVN on hips....Just found this information regarding AVN on hips.<br />I served in Vietnam 1968 three miles from the DMZ where Agent Orange was sprayed.<br />I need Additional information on getting literature for AVN to my hips caused by Agent Orange exposure.<br />Thank You Enrique ortizwood@yahoo.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7439758578325482759.post-71567249702235645832013-02-25T18:25:42.958-08:002013-02-25T18:25:42.958-08:00Thanks for your advice and best wishes on your rec...Thanks for your advice and best wishes on your recovery. I was in Khorat RTAFB in 1975 and had fibular bone graphs in 2008. Although the two eight-hour surgeries had a year recovery time, the doctors thought it was a better strategy than implants because of the potential of the problems that you are having. One doctor thought it was from oral steroids I took because of a back problem caused the AVN. Another doctor thought that the steroid doses were too low to cause AVN. The 33 years between Khorat and AVN makes it hard to assume a correlation.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7439758578325482759.post-876727300500360902013-02-25T05:15:13.038-08:002013-02-25T05:15:13.038-08:00First hip replacement developed deep bone infectio...First hip replacement developed deep bone infection three months later, and had to be replaced followed by 42 days on an IV PIC line, and 42 more days on oral antibiotics. As I end that cycle, it seems the 2nd hip replacement is also infected, and the next course will be removal of the hip, placement of a concrete temporary saturated in antibiotics and bed rest for two months, concluded with a third hip replacement. Then...they can start the left hip replacement. Two years of fairly miserable stuff, this!C-123 & C-130 Veteranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02099323548384182988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7439758578325482759.post-51925916086213248232013-02-25T05:09:56.444-08:002013-02-25T05:09:56.444-08:00My own doctor at Oregon Health Sciences University...My own doctor at Oregon Health Sciences University made that conclusion. There is ample literature about the effects of TCDD restricting blood supply to large bone surfaces and leading to AVN. Get your VA or private doc to provide his opinion but hand him literature you collect from WebMD and other sources - VA respects the letter from a doctor who has hands-on with the patient and who references peer-reviewed medical literature.<br /><br />Good luck and thanks for your comment.C-123 & C-130 Veteranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02099323548384182988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7439758578325482759.post-3087334245661155452013-02-22T18:52:48.273-08:002013-02-22T18:52:48.273-08:00The base I served at in Thailand is listed on the ...The base I served at in Thailand is listed on the VA web site as being sprayed by AO. I've had bone graph and blood vessel transplant surgery done on both legs as a result of AVN. Does anyone have a solid tie in between AO and AVN? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com