Steriod shot in knee, ???

[Molalla1]

Well I finally got a steroid shot. It lasted about two days and the pain came back, just living with it for now. Will not see the ortho doctor till middle of Sept. Will see my family doctor next week and get his opinion. I am going to order a supplement called "ReFlexa". Wondered if anyone has used it? I have been rubbing it with some cream that has hemp in it and it has worked as good or better than what the VA gave me.

John try the rooster stuff . . .

 

[John White]

John try the rooster stuff . . .

I have heard that it is better than the steroid from all I have read. I asked my Ortho Doc tor and said it was no better than a injection of water. I am beginning to question his way of thinking.

 

[LouNY]

This has been an interesting thread to follow.
There have been so many conflicting thoughts provided,
especially as to who should have knee surgery and when and why and who shouldn't and why.
One can definitely see that even among orthopedic doctors that there is no general agreement.

Also, it's amazing to me how many of us are old enough and decrepit enough to be getting all kinds of shots in our knees and shoulders,
and also the number on blood thinners and such.

So a bit of info on mine, they tried steroids for a while, then cortisone, then orthovisc, and finally replaced one knee a bit over 3 years ago.
When I got mine they called it an improved version, instead of sawing out the whole joint and driving the main rods into the leg bones, all
they did was go in with kind of a cutoff tool and sliced off part of both side of the knee and the replacement was screwed and glued in.

My recovery went well i thought, I was getting around with the walker and getting into my truck and driving in a week, and climbing up into the tractor cab in 10 days.
The pt was not real nice at times, they didn't offer an ice machine but I used a lot of ice packs. Also,my doc prescribed a continuous motion machine, it strapped onto your lower leg and flexed it to what ever amount you had it dialed in for and I used it more then the directed and believe it helped.

I did retire after my replacement knee was healed up, mainly because my work involved gowning up and entering clean rooms and the gowning procedure was rough on the knee and other age related issues. the getting gowned up and into the process area took long enough that I was having to head back out quite soon.
I could and did retire and just did more on the farm.

Now it's getting to be time for the other knee to be done, but I screwed up my shoulder a month ago finally going to get it checked out be getting an MRI on it as they want to get that in shape before working on the other knee.

Of course in the mean while I ended up with persistent A-fib which they tried drugs to control along with doing 3 conversions (stopping and restarting your heart) finally they went in and did an abulation to the heart which seems to have taken care of that issue of course now I'm on heart rate medicine, blood pressure meds, and blood thinner.
And of course I smoked long enough to have a good case of COPD on top of it all.

But they still seem willing to poke prod and cut on me, the last cortisone shot is helping the knee.

But like all of us so far I keep waking up on the green side of the grass. As long as that happens it seems like a good thing.

 

[check]

Gheez, guys, I am going to stop complaining about my knee problems!

 

[Steppenwolfe]

Gheez, guys, I am going to stop complaining about my knee problems!

Yeah, no kidding. I'm kind of glad I've got a knee problem now.

 

[QRTRHRS]

I have heard that it is better than the steroid from all I have read. I asked my Ortho Doc tor and said it was no better than a injection of water. I am beginning to question his way of thinking.

I would say that the rooster comb depends on the person somewhat. I tore the meniscus on my right knee back around 1996 but never had it repaired. The left knee I tore in 2005 along with a torn PCL was repaired. I have not had shots in the right for around two years or so and it rarely "talks" to me. The left, not so much. I get momentary pain in it off and on during the day but not enough to compel me to wear my brace. That is with a series of five shots every six months.

My wife's knees are similar in that she also had meniscus surgery on her left. She however, is not real aggressive about doing therapy. The shots no longer do much for her left knee so she is going for a replacement consultation next week.

FWIW, the clinic which is located in Lexington, KY is one busy place. I have chatted with people coming in from places like Huntingdon, WV looking for relief.

 

[jcummins]

I 2nd getting the rooster comb shots. Been on them couple years....it makes things tolerable. Can't spend a lot of time on my feet, but I get most things done that I want too. The alternative I'm told is knee replacement. I know success stories on that, and I know horror stories too. I will not do knee replacement unless I become wheelchair bound. I'm 76.

 

[bigtiller]

When you guys talk about the rooster comb shot, are you referring to a cortisone steroid shot?

Or is it something else?

 

[Molalla1]

I 2nd getting the rooster comb shots. Been on them couple years....it makes things tolerable. Can't spend a lot of time on my feet, but I get most things done that I want too. The alternative I'm told is knee replacement. I know success stories on that, and I know horror stories too. I will not do knee replacement unless I become wheelchair bound. I'm 76.

Same, same here jcummins . . . I have been getting them every 6 months for the past 2 1/2 . . . 3 years, for me I believe it is better than sawing my knee apart.

 

[jcummins]

When you guys talk about the rooster shot, are you referring to a cortisone steroid shot?

Or is it something else?

No...look up Viscosupplementation Treatment for Knee Arthritis