Hip Replacement alternatives

The cortisone injection I had was done with ultrasound to guide the radiographer to get it in the right place. Is that what you mean?

Mine made no difference at all anyway.

Hi

Before i had my hip replacement i had three 3 monthly cortisone injections,

which i am told work very well for some people and not for others. Alas they did not work at all for me or my pain, but it was worh a shot.

Kind regards Shirley

 

Hi Viv, 

Warm welcome to our forum of hippies - 

As you can see, we share our personal experiences and stories, we have been through it all - before-during-in between and after THR - 

I had a corisone shot in my elbow (Tendinitus) and not only was that painful, but did not help at all - I live in Holland and we do not have those insane waiting lists as elsewhere - 

Black Alert? was that the strike ??? sorry for asking ... 

big warm hug

it will be all right, you know

renee

Hi Viv,

I had two cortisone injections, one 'blind' and one ultrasound led. Sorry to say that they didn't help with me , but I have had them in my heels for another complaint and they worked a treat! I guess it must depend on how deteriorated your joint is to see if it makes a difference.

Good luck to you, I hope you get sorted soon.

Dawn

My Dr suggested the injections for me as well.

I came right out and said what were the chances of it working when i hips were so worn out, bone on bone.

Not good she said, and I asked well why would you even suggest that it might help, got the impression she was going through a script of thats what we offer to patient, well they have to convince me it will work, and tell me the pluses and minsus before they get anywhere near me with those injections. 

I have since had a double total hip replacement, and right hip was even more worn than they thought, a injection wouldn't have helped.

Hi, I had a cortisone injection in my right hip in November, it was done under X ray and I could watch the needle go into the joint on a screen in front of me...

The only effect was that I could sleep and drive pain-free afterwards but during the day I still had to take painkillers. Since the end of January the pain is not only back but worse than before the injection, so in my case it only lasted nine weeks. 

I have got a follow up appointment next Friday and hope that I will be put on the waiting list for surgery then (and not be told that "it's not bad enough yet" and to wait another year or two!).

The success of the injection seems to be very different for everyone, some of the other patients I spoke to while waiting for the procedure said their previous ones had lasted between four and nine months.

To be on the safe side for your planned flight, maybe you could have an injection now and if necessary, another one shortly before October (I was told it's possible to have up to three in one year)?

All the best!

 

Hi Viv,

​I was offered this injection about 10 yrs ago but I refused it as I have always been anti anything like this been put in me. I thought I could manage my pain a bit more and did so for another 10yrs without pain killers, but could manage no more and returned back to my GP last year to enquire about a HR. My op came round really quickly for last Novemebr but due to being very low in Iron it was cancelled but another appointment became available mid Feb, so almost 2 weeks ago now I had my THR. Just reading your post and another about op's being cancelled makes me realise my situation could have been so much different as I had to get rid of my car which helped me get about a huge amount, and if the op had not come round again so quickly I could have been still trying to manage my pain in this winter period  (Sorry I digressed off the point but your post got me thinking)   

​I agree from the sounds of the replies this injection must work best when there is still more than the bone rubbing on bone.

Happy 40th Wedding Anniversary in advance, sounds like you got married a little after I was born; August 73. Have fun, fun, fun

 

Hi Viv, this is what my consultant told me after two failed cortisone injections. They work well for some people but by the time people get to surgery stage they are usually down to bone on bone and the cortisone acts better if there is cartilage there (not sure why they went ahead with them).

I had no relief whatsoever but managed a whole 24 hours pain free before the local anaesthetic wore off. Even with this knowledge I would probably have gone ahead because the OA pain was so dreadful that I would have given anything a go!