I may not be Evel Knieval, but I've had more than my fair share of bone maladies lately. I owe many thanks to my doctors.
 In the past I've described my benign tumor on my right hip. Actually the pain has tranformed and is compounded by a 1996 Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) knee repair that involved a 'Femoral Notch' cut into my bone besides the holes for the graft. That started to cause pain around 2011, and it was discovered a 'bioscrew' on my tibia never fully dissolved. I wore a leg brace for about a year and the heat and/or rest on the joint caused additional bone replacement for the screw, although I now have a pesky bulge over the spot. The pain now seems to come and go with the weather, but the joint is slightly awkward.
Update 10/2020 - I had a total knee replacement.
 I had a septoplasty and turbinate reduction on my nose in September of 2016 (MRI on the right before the procedure). The operation might not be for everyone, but my mouth-open sleeping has been cured, among other improvements.
If you look at the supporting bone of the ring finger in this xray, the bubbles you see inside are called an "Enchondroma." In 2011 that benign form of soft tumor was discovered by accident when I was complaining about a different problem on my index finger. I was extremely lucky to find that tumor, because there are no symptoms, and typically they are discovered too late when the bone has broken spontaneously. If that occurs, the break is extremely jagged. I'm guessing many abscesses can occur, and much more extensive reconstructive surgery is needed, possibly involving replacement rods. My hand has healed very well.
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