I've never been a big weenie about pain but oh my fucking god. I saw the hand surgeon today and he gave me the option of trying cortisone shots first. He said it only had a 50% chance of working because of my thyroid condition but I wanted to avoid surgery so I went for the shot.
I've honestly never had that much pain in my life. The nerves and tendons around my thumb were already inflamed and then he started injecting directly into them. Lots of pressure, then intense, sharp, shooting pain. He kept asking if I wanted him to stop and I told him to keep going but it got to the point where my legs were shaking and I was feeling pain all the way down to my crotch. Apparently my thumb is connected to my crotch?
Anyway, he had to stop. He managed to get a little bit of the cortisone in so he wants to wait to see if I get any effect from it. I have to go back next month and at that point, I'm pretty sure the next step will be surgery.
Not looking forward to that.
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ouch ! !
Joint / inflammation / never pain sucks.
I had steroid injects in my lower spine a few years ago ... IV sedatives and local anesthesia ... feeling pretty smooth, needle stick did not hurt, but once he started pumping the liquid in it felt like a 300 pound person standing on my back.
Hopefully the steroids will work ... they can be magical, but limited on how many times you have have them administered.
He said the most he would be able to do was 2. I don't think I'd be able to try again unless they put me under. Last night, I had like flashbacks of how bad it felt. I'm not sure how bad the surgery will be. I'm going to ask a lot of questions because I might end up deciding to just live with a sore thumb.
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