Re: Re: and shoulder shots...ow!

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Hey! I dont remember any antesthetic spray!! Just

kidding, it was a long time ago (but I really dont.)

Maybe I just think the shot in the shoulder hurt so

bad because I havnt had the hand and hip torture to

compare it to! From your discription, I'd like to

keep it that way. ; )

p.s. Corinne, tell 'em to use the spray!

--- Randall <krandall@...> wrote:

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>

> Hi Corinne and ,

>

> I have had both shoulders injected (as well as my

> hips, elbow and

> hand) I have to say that having my hips injected

> was very

> uncoforatble, and having my hand injected was

> excruciating. But

> having my shoulders injected was NOT a big deal at

> all. The doc

> first used a topical anesthetic spray, then injected

> lidocaine,

> followed by cortisone mixed with lidocaine. The

> most uncomforatble

> part was the lidocaine injection, but even that was

> no more

> than " uncomfortable " . My shoulders were WAY better

> in minutes.

> Even after the lidocaine wore off, my shoulders were

> no more than

> achey, and WAY better than they had been just before

> the

> injections.

>

> I'm not sure I'd have her do my hips again... I

> didn't get that much

> benefit from it, and what benefit there was has been

> very short-

> lived. But I'd have her do my shoulders again

> without hesitation if

> they got bad again.

>

> (I didn't have much choice with my hand, since it

> had frozen into a

> ball, and they needed to inject it to get the tendon

> to release) It

> worked... just hurt like H--l when they did it)

>

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> > > > Anybody have shoulder pain from the RA? I had

> to

> > > miss work today

> > > > because I can't hardly move my arm because of

> the

> > > pain in my shoulder.

> > > > I've been taking 20 mg of Lortabs, but that

> hardly

> > > works, and hot

> > > > baths work a little bit. Anybody else have

> this

> > > problem, and what

> > > > seems to help you? I haven't experienced this

> > > type of pain in a long

> > > > time, and I need to make it to work tomorrow.

>

> > > Thanks!! Holly

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