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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Diabetes / January 2006CORTISONE INJECTIONS
Had my shoulder injected with cortizone today. A new experience for me. Not as painful as I thought it would be. The doc said a dentist taught him how to give shots that are almost painless. Worked for me! Was aware that cortisone could cause increase in BG but thought it was mostly limited to oral products. Tested before my evening meal and got a 156. Typically around 100-110 for that test. 2Hour PP was also high but was self-induced to some extent so I can't really make a conclusion if the shot had anything to do with it. Ah, aging and its tribulations. Sure beats the alternative, I think! RB > Had my shoulder injected with cortizone today. A new experience for > me. Not as painful as I thought it would be. The doc said a dentist [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > RB Try running 200-300 for 9 straight days due to a cortiSone injection. I've had 2 such shots. The second kept my bg's up longer than the one 3 weeks prior. I tripled my insulin intake and still couldn't get it under control. Dave >Had my shoulder injected with cortizone today. A new experience for >me. Not as painful as I thought it would be. The doc said a dentist [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > >RB Cortisone in any form "orders" your liver to start manufacturing and releasing glucose. Your tired betas may or may not be able to deal with it. I would guess that effects of pills and shots just depends on how much gets into your blood. Ointments probably have the least effect. Sure wish your doc's dentist could talk to my dentist. Regards Old Al >>Had my shoulder injected with cortizone today. A new experience for >>me. Not as painful as I thought it would be. The doc said a dentist [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] >Regards > Old Al Injection was early Tuesday, morning BG Wednesday was fairly high for me, but was back to my normals Wednesday evening. Doc says the trick is to not push the med to fast. Take an extra minute if needed. Of course my skin was sprayed with a freezing spray, and novocaine was a component of the injection. Kinda feels like I was hit in the shoulder by a fast ball now. Rotator Cuff is not torn so thats a good thing. A few weeks of therapy and back to normal I hope. RB : >Had my shoulder injected with cortizone today. A new experience for : >me. Not as painful as I thought it would be. The doc said a dentist [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] : I would guess that effects of pills and shots just depends on how much gets : into your blood. Ointments probably have the least effect. : Sure wish your doc's dentist could talk to my dentist. : Regards : Old Al i ws tole by and MD tocay tht I should look for a steroid epidural for my persistant sciatica. He said that it is far less systemic than other steoid methods. I am inclined to go for it as I am sick of the lousy pain that keeps form wlaking any distance without having to sit down all the time. If it works it may well not need to be repeated for 6-12 months. Any thoughts or experiences out there? Wendy >: >Had my shoulder injected with cortizone today. A new experience for >: >me. Not as painful as I thought it would be. The doc said a dentist [quoted text clipped - 30 lines] > >Wendy This was a first for me. Did some reading after the fact and find that cortisone can cause damage to ligaments and such over time. Might want to check out some web references (Web MD)and study up before doing it. So far I can't make a comment either way. Have heard positive things from others. YMMV as always. Good luck!! RB Cortisone is converted to cortisol by fat cells, and the extra cortisol raises your blood sugar through a process called counterregulation. Russ Farris http://www.potbellysyndrome.com > Was aware that cortisone could cause increase in BG but thought it was > mostly limited to oral products. > > Tested before my evening meal and got a 156. Typically around 100-110 > for that test. I recently had a cortisone shot for frozen shoulder. I resisted it for a long time because of the blood sugar issue. The frozen became sufficiently bad and the Doctor (internist specializing in sports medicine) became sufficiently persuasive that I took it. He said it was water soluble and should be easier on my system. I did not have a rise in BG's and the shoulder was very much improved - sorry I waited so long. I was running higher #'s than was desirable before this and was trying to get them under control - so the lack of change in BG's may have been the result. If I were to do this again - I would be willing to run sweet for a short time rather than be as incompacitated as I was with the frozen shoulder. Diana in Silicon Valley, CA dx 2-2001 - Type 2 > Had my shoulder injected with cortizone today. A new experience for > me. Not as painful as I thought it would be. The doc said a dentist [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > RB |
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