cortisone injections

[Guest guest]

! These are horrific times

for the consumer.

compared to cardiac, organ transplant, brain, spinal fusion,

and some plastic surgery post-burn patients ect ect . the cost of surgery

for joint replacement averages about $4000-$6000

Iv had 4 spinal fusion's at the cost of 30,000 each,

there is a difference and now that the Dr. are disgruntled and we know how

the HMO's treat their people, is a perfect time to get an

arthritic advocacy group started. It has to start somewhere .

Clinton is trying to rebuild healthcare and in this gray area it is time to

step to the plate and demonstrate the expertise to save money

for the Fed and State Programs. Why is it we need to hire people to speak

for us. the collective knowledge of this group far surpasses

anything that out there today. Yet we continue to hire people to do our

bidding . It is time for us as a group to pool resources and take

care of our own as we know more about this illness than the CEO

in Jamaica ,who makes decisions concerning our health care .

I have had over 250 injections of prednisone, aristocort ,hydrocortisone,

many strong cortisone's like ATCH.

I do not have your symptoms nor your metabolism I cannot recommend anything

as I am not a MD.

I will just say that in case it took a considerable amount until

undesirable effects showed up . Im quit convinced that if I had

only been given 1 -6 shots a year in different joints I would be just fine.

Your MD knows best most of them will only give you 1-3 shots in the same

joint per year as that is the customary procedure.

Ask your Doc about limits and if he/she feels that you are safe to be

injected I would do it as like ;you say , Iv had shots that never needed

repeating

Good luck God bless Root

[Guest guest]

My RD sent me to a foot surgeon to check out the forefoot pain I've

been having for a while. It doesn't really seem to respond to

anything I've taken orally. Now my feet are developing bunions and

starting to look weird. The podiatrist wants to try orthotics and

cortisone injections and stave off surgery as long as possible.

There is joint narrowing, cysts, and structural changes, but not bad

enough for surgery yet. He gave me a cortisone injection 2 weeks ago

in my big toe and it did work. I can actually bend my big toe for

the first time in months. Today, he wanted to give me another in my

third metatarsal joint and I declined. They work, but the initial

pain just sends me through the roof!!!!! I have cysts in the bones

of the last metatarsal of both feet, pain in the third metatarsals of

both feet, and ankle pain in both ankles. I can't imagine having all

these injections all the time! Not to mention my finger that won't

bend and the arthritic changes in my neck (you know the routine

<wink>). I just don't see cortisone injections as being anything

more than a band-aid. On the flip side, I'd like very much to get

off the oral pred I've been taking for years. Sigh...what to do,

what to do. Anyone have any info on cortisone injections? I did an

Internet search, but most of what came up were posts of running

injuries. I don't see my RD until the 14th, and the podiatrist wants

me back in a month to inject something somewhere! It's also

starting to add up to lots of $$ as United just increased my copays.

Thanks for listening!

Blessings,

R (FL)

[Guest guest]

Hi Ali:

     Yes, I have had them in both knee's, back, and shoulders, and

fingers.  It does take a few days to kick in.  It all depends on the person

getting the shot.  Mine have lasted between 3-6 months.  If you do not have

relief within 2 weeks, I would go back to your Dr. and have another one. 

Sometimes it can take 2 shots to really get relief.  Hope your shot does work

well for you.

 

Hugs,

 

Barbara

From: ali3787 <ali3787@...>

Subject: [ ] CORTISONE INJECTIONS

Date: Wednesday, January 13, 2010, 12:58 PM

 

Hi, haven't posted in awhile, life is busy with a 3 and 4 year old Anyone out

there ever had cortisone injections? I had me first one today in my shoulder and

was so relieved by the lidocaine before hand I forgot to ask what reasonable

expectations should be regarding stiffness/pain/ etc. Must have gotten ahead of

myself in excitement as the pain vanished with the anesthetic but now feeling

quite a bit of pain again in the joint. Is this normal, does it take a couple of

days to reach full effect, how frequently are other people going or is it only

as needed?

Thanks in advance,

Ali

[Guest guest]

Hi Ali - I've had the cortisone injection in my right shoulder before. It will

hurt for a couple of days. The trick is to keep moving it as much as you can

tolerate. Use a heating pad for the pain, too. It will get better and hopefully

you'll get relief. It didn't work for me because I had bone spurs on the humeral

head and a benign bone cyst further down the humerus. Had to have two surgeries

to correct each problem. They thought the cyst might have been cancer at first.

Thank God it wasn't.

Anyway, best of luck to you. I pray the shot works for you and you get relief

very soon. Keep us posted. You know we all care.....

Doreen

Hi, haven't posted in awhile, life is busy with a 3 and 4 year old Anyone

out there ever had cortisone injections? I had me first one today in my

shoulder and was so relieved by the lidocaine before hand I forgot to ask what

reasonable expectations should be regarding stiffness/pain/etc. Must have

gotten ahead of myself in excitement as the pain vanished with the anesthetic

but now feeling quite a bit of pain again in the joint. Is this normal, does it

take a couple of days to reach full effect, how frequently are other people

going or is it only as needed?

Thanks in advance,

Ali

[Guest guest]

I have had them in my hip and knees, fingers, wrist. Due to have one soon

for shoulder. They hurt but not as bad as the relief from some of the pain

in other joints. It usually for me takes about 2 days before I feel relief

with rest of course. But I fail to take time and rest and will get to doing

things and a week later will feel miserable from pain. My RA doctor tells

me to let my body rest and I forget that when the pain slows down a bit.

Irish

[Guest guest]

I was really against cortisone injections for awhile, but the difference it has

made in my life over the last month has changed my thinking, and i find myself

starting to worry what life will be like when it wears off, and how soon is too

soon to have another. 

For those of you who have had injections, how long have they lasted for you? 

 I just gave myself a humira injection this morning, and am also on arava and

voltaren....so far so good i guess.  I was given my cortisone shots on Dec.

15.  The first day and a half, I was rather forced to stay on the couch, but

it has been worth it since then.  Now, wondering how much time I have to feel

somewhat normal.....

(musiclvr3237)

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 1/22/2010 6:48:26 P.M. Central Standard Time,

musiclvr3237@... writes:

For those of you who have had injections, how long have they lasted for

you? >

Usually about six month. I had one shoulder injection that they didn't get

in the right place and it only lasted weeks. But others have lasted more

than six months. I think they are worth it.

dd

[Guest guest]

I had one near the end of September, for a trip we went on and it lasted me

right through to the New Year. I still have fewer swollen joints than in

September. I also am on Humira and Voltaren, but I take methorexate too.

Arava made me lose weight and feel crummy.

Annette

On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 11:43 AM, (musiclvr)

<musiclvr3237@...>wrote:

> I was really against cortisone injections for awhile, but the difference it

> has made in my life over the last month has changed my thinking, and i find

> myself starting to worry what life will be like when it wears off, and how

> soon is too soon to have another.

> For those of you who have had injections, how long have they lasted for

> you?

> I just gave myself a humira injection this morning, and am also on arava

> and voltaren....so far so good i guess. I was given my cortisone shots on

> Dec. 15. The first day and a half, I was rather forced to stay on the

> couch, but it has been worth it since then. Now, wondering how much time I

> have to feel somewhat normal.....

> (musiclvr3237)

>

>

> ------------------------------------

>

>

[Guest guest]

Hi :  I have had great success with cortisone shots.  They can last 3-5

months, or if the shot did not work well, you can get another one a week

later.  I hope you feel better soon, and I wish you many pain free days ahead.

 

Hugs,

 

Barbara

From: (musiclvr) <musiclvr3237@...>

Subject: RE: [ ] CORTISONE INJECTIONS

Date: Friday, January 22, 2010, 11:43 AM

 

I was really against cortisone injections for awhile, but the difference it has

made in my life over the last month has changed my thinking, and i find myself

starting to worry what life will be like when it wears off, and how soon is too

soon to have another. 

For those of you who have had injections, how long have they lasted for you? 

 I just gave myself a humira injection this morning, and am also on arava and

voltaren.... so far so good i guess.  I was given my cortisone shots on Dec.

15.  The first day and a half, I was rather forced to stay on the couch, but

it has been worth it since then.  Now, wondering how much time I have to feel

somewhat normal.....

(musiclvr3237)