delta1 wrote:wishing you the best with your hip and spine problems. Be careful not to overdo the cortisone...some side effects can cause damage and if you have diabetes, it can raise blood sugar levels.
https://www.mayoclinic.org/tests-procedures/cortisone-shots/about/pac-20384794
That said, I got relief from knee pain before replacement surgery. The cortisone was so effective, I was able to walk long distances pain free with a bone on bone, splintered meniscus, misaligned patella damaged knee. I am now awaiting surgery on my thumb/wrist and got a cortisone shot until then, in October. The pain is gone and I can use my left hand again.
Good luck, Bro!
I had a cortisone injection in my right knee in the late 90’s and that held me until 2005 when I had to have the knee scoped. The knee was scoped again at the end of 2011 and after that I began what at the time, was commonly called rooster cone injections. I had three different series of these and that allowed me to stiff arm my first knee replacement for almost three years. That is what I’m hoping to do with the hip. Presently, the hip feels so good that I’m kicking myself in the ars for not having done it much sooner.
As far as the rooster cone, it’s hyaluronic acid and now days it is a synthetic substance. Since 2012, I have had between 6-9 hyaluronic acid injections in my right knee and probably 6-7 total in both thumbs. The last one I received in my right thumb will be the last in that digit. It was the worst injection I have ever received to date. A story for a different time.
And Al, thanks for the well wishes.
