So after a year of being in pain since tearing my meniscus, I bit the bullet yesterday and got a steroid/hyaluronic acid injection in my knee. Boy it hurt when he stuck the needle in. He also aspirated 21ml of liquid, so the knee immediately felt less tight. I’ve been a bit zonked out and I’ve had to increase my insulin to cover the blood sugar rise. But definitely less pain today, and hopefully there will be more improvement over the next few days. The steroid should bring down the inflammation and discomfort after the first few days. The hyaluronic acid coats the bone joints and can last for up to a year. So everything crossed. That’s what came out of my knee
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Knee injection.
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rebrascora
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I had a steroid injection in my knee probably about 30 years ago and can definitely sympathise with the pain of the needle going in. I thought afterwards, in westerns or war movies they would at least have given you a bit of wood to bite down on whilst they inflicted pain like that!
Hope you see some benefit from the steroid and hyaluronic acid, but just having that fluid removed will make it easier.
Hope you see some benefit from the steroid and hyaluronic acid, but just having that fluid removed will make it easier.
SB2015
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Glad that the pain was worth it. I have had a few cortisone injections and can definitely relate to the pain.
I hope that things get easier over the next few days.