Cortisone Injections

[chinadog]

Do they hurt? My friend needs one for the athritis in her thigh but some idiot told her not to have it as its really painfull so now she's scared to have it done. If anyone's had a cortisone injection,feedback please?

[Jan1957]

I had to have 7 in a year and no they do not hurt. Well not any more than a normal injection. Mine were for tennis elbow and the arm did ache for a couple of days after the injection but it wasn't anything too painful.

[monkeyeyes]

I had a cortisone injection in my spine...............I won't lie, it was painful (for a very short amount of time).............BUT it is not necessarily the same in every case, and the relief afterwards was a blessing..........:o)

I shall hop, skip and jump to my next one, should it be necessary...........:o)

[chinadog]

Thanks Jan, I'll text her now and tell her,she's scared stiff and she's had 3 kids..lol

[bednobs]

how can you get arthritis in your thigh? arthritis litereally means inflammation of a joint. She will either be having it in the hip or knee i would guess. Ive had both, and while i screamed a bit, it was more the thought of the needle than the actual experience

[chinadog]

Thanks for your honesty monkey, I cant imagine how painfull your injection in the spine was!

Bednobs I meant her hip..duh

[Prudie]

After 2 months of not being able to sleep with pain from a shoulder injury after falling awkwardly my GP finally agreed to give me a cortisone injection in my shoulder. It did hurt more than a normal injection but only for about 15 seconds and not enough to make me cry out, the pain relief within 48hrs was wonderful though and I never looked back. Thousands of people have them so they can't be that bad. Tell your friend to give it a go - take a couple of aspirin beforehand.

[nohorn]

Well my experience with two shots is that they did relieve the pain in my joint; but I came down with things like cold, bladder infection, sores inside my mouth, etc.

My nurse friend who overheard me said, "didn't you know that those shots compromised your immune system?

I think I would rather put up with the pain in my joints. A heating pad would do just as well.

[amonty1144]

I had one in my shoulder, they gave me a painkilling injection first. I didn't feel thing as I passed out, (needle phobia) so I can't say..but didn't feel anything afterwards.

[keenanthomps]

i had to have a few injections , will not lie they were the worst thing ever, i had to have op, to sort my problem out , but even after the first injection i returned for more. i just wanted the pain to ease.