Starting steroid injections tomorrow for bulging disk - what to expect?
I have a friend who has been having injections and they tell her it takes 4-7 days for the true effect of the injection. She normally hurts worse the day after, but is on serious meds the day after.
Hope you have relief!
HW333--SW 289--GW of 160 5' 11" woman. I only know the way I know & when you ask for input/advice, you'll get the way I've been successful through my surgeon & nutritionist. Please consult your surgeon & nutritionist for how to do it their way. Biggest regret? Not doing this 10 years ago! Every day is better than the day before...and it was a pretty great day!
When I had them, I felt relief by the next morning. Not totally relief, but it helped a lot. The problem for me was that the relief wore off after just a few weeks.
Kelly
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I had them a few years ago.. One helped ..
watch for BS after - typically the steriods may increase your BS..
Hala. RNY 5/14/2008; Happy At Goal =HAG
"I can eat or do anything I want to - as long as I am willing to deal with the consequences"
"Failure is not falling down, It is not getting up once you fell... So pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and start all over again...."
I see you already got the real answer, but your question made me smile from a happy memory.
When our younger son was about 7 we were dealing with selling a custom built home and the buyers were FULL OF **** about everything, but we could not say that in front of our child, so we would say BS. We were on the phone a lot with Realtors, inspectors and the closing attorney and I guess we were just truly fed up and saying that a great deal. One day a friend asked what BS was and my son piped right up and said "Bologna Sauce! it is like something totally ridiculous!" And from that point on, we've referred to it as bologna sauce. Thanks for bubbling that memory back up in my mind!
HW333--SW 289--GW of 160 5' 11" woman. I only know the way I know & when you ask for input/advice, you'll get the way I've been successful through my surgeon & nutritionist. Please consult your surgeon & nutritionist for how to do it their way. Biggest regret? Not doing this 10 years ago! Every day is better than the day before...and it was a pretty great day!
I have only had the injections in both knees and in one elbow (and other locations might be different), but I ave had them in both places multiple times. I have never had to wait more than about 2 hours to notice a definite difference (and complete relief in about 6 hours), and when my doctor started giving the steroids that are combined with a local anesthetic, I got FULL relief in 10 minutes! I had one occasion in the elbow where I only got minimal relief the first day, but it was pain free by the end of the second day.
Lora
14 years out; 190 pounds lost, 165 pound loss maintained
You don't drown by falling in the water. You drown by staying there.
I have only had the injections in both knees and in one elbow (and other locations might be different), but I ave had them in both places multiple times. I have never had to wait more than about 2 hours to notice a definite difference (and complete relief in about 6 hours), and when my doctor started giving the steroids that are combined with a local anesthetic, I got FULL relief in 10 minutes! I had one occasion in the elbow where I only got minimal relief the first day, but it was pain free by the end of the second day.
Lora
such great news cannot wait until tomorrow morning then!! i know they are doing a ultrasound while doing it and they numb the area first.
HW: 401 SW: 297 CW: 200.8
RNY gastric bypass surgery on March 5th, 2013
Good luck. Hopefully you will get very quick relief. The last time I had my right knee done (two weeks before I had my left knee replaced), I felt great before I even got out of the doctor's parking lot!
Lora
14 years out; 190 pounds lost, 165 pound loss maintained
You don't drown by falling in the water. You drown by staying there.
