Injections Into Bursa

[Eve]

Am going for some on Friday, rhumo nurse doing them on both hips to see if it helps with pain.

I've had general steroid injections in the bum before but not into.specific bits, is it likely to hurt much after (have heard joint ones can be very painful but these are into bursa rather than joints). May consider booking Friday off work if so.

[bednobs]

jenna, i have had injections into knees and hips (joints not bursa)
i personally would take the day off, but only cause when i had them, i took a truck load of morphine first cause i was really scared!

[bednobs]

plus i notice this answer at the bottom in related questions:
Cortisone injections into bursa: you won't need sedating, it's simple enough, but if really up tight about it ask them about giving you a local skin anaesthetic beforehand. The steroid they inject is a suspension of tiny crystals which often irritate the inflamed bit for 24 hours or so until they dissolve, after which things should get a lot better, as smudge says. You can have repeat injections if they're effective, or it may be worth repeating if it doesn't work the first time, but they don't like doing them too often - for a start, they can weaken the soft tissues if done to excess, and also if the inflammation keeps coming back, sorting out the symptoms temporarily may be masking an underlying inflammatory condition. I would ask your GP to consider referring you to a rheumatologist if it carries on. Ooh, Janetex, I wouldn't want surgery just yet! In any case, a bursa is there for a reason, which is to reduce friction, and removing it can cause more problems.

[Eve]

Aww! I'm hoping it will ease things a lot (now wondering if this could be an issue in my shoulders too, better than joint damage!). Am getting to the end of my tether and really struggling with work with the pain. It's making me so grouchy and I hate that.

[cathfromsaron]

you should *really* plan to rest on friday, to let the intervention get to work, regardless of pain! x

[Eve]

Thank you :) On phone so limited view. Ah sounds ok then.

I have to say I'm rather regretting being so ooh I will try and cope without the hard stuff painkillers :)

[lcg]

no....mine were ok. didn't hurt at the time of administration at all, but then started to ache a few hours later. i believe it is better if you have the opportunity to rest after, so if you can book the day off, i would x

[Eve]

Ah, that's a really good point. Don't want it to get aggravated right after. Think seeing if I can book it off work sounds like a plan.

[bednobs]

try and see the gp before then and tell them you've changed your mind regarding the morphine

[Eve]

Would be faffy to get there and back out of work too with being in just before 7 usually.

Ahhhh can have a lie in first too then :)

[Eve]

Will do bednobs. Got to speak to her tomorrow anyway, the lady I spoke to for my bloods earlier said ESR has disappeared from the screening requests so not done which is a pain as wanted to see what it was after it jumped the time before.

[ethandron]

Jenna, I had one of these injections as part of trying to find out the problem with one of my hips (initially it was thought I had bursitis). I have to say that although the injection itself didn't really hurt significantly, just like lcg my whole leg started aching after a couple of hours and carried on like that for maybe 24 hours. It didn't actually do any good anyway as I didn't have bursitis.

[Clanad]

Forgive me if I'm not inerpreting your question correctly (American vs British divided by language, etc.) but here in the U.S. I've had an injection for bursitis in a shoulder as well as one knee. The shoulder pain was experienced at least 12 years ago and went away immediately and never returned. The knee injection has been done about 3 times over a period of 18 months... I get about 6 months relief from that one. Thing is, according to my doctor... the solution injected also has an amount of novocaine in it so the pain relief is almost instantaneous. If fact he warned that some minor pain could reoccur after the novocaine wore off. I don't recall that happening though...

[flump1]

Jenna, with all you have been through lately a day off having had this imjection, treat yourself to a day of rest.

[bednobs]

jenna i think you are like me - working is hard but it makes me feel "normal" (ish)

[Eve]

Thanks all :) I think I will if I can flump, be nice to have a chilled day and long weekend.

Yep, I am bednobs, think I'd lose the plot without it even though it's getting more and more of a struggle. I probably overdo things a lot but it's a lot of what keeps me going.

[Eve]

Had my injections this morning and it was all fine :) Didn't hurt much at all - would never have thought they went so far in from the feel of it, my nurse said they went all the way down to hit the bone.

Had a nice lazy rest of the day and got high hopes for less painful hips :) Thanks all for you advice.