Re: Digest Number 2272 -Cortisone shots in the feet

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Adam,

I have had cortisone shots just about everywhere and none were bad at all

EXCEPT the ones that I had in my heel when I had Plantar Facitis (sp). Those

were the worst ever and they never did work. I ended up having surgery which

fixed the problem immediately even though it too awhile to recover from due

to an unexpected infection. That was about 15 years ago and I'm having heel

pain again, only on the side of the heel - not the bottom. The rheumy has

offered injections to calm it down as every step is like having a knife

stuck in my heel.

I am really reticent to do this, though as all I can remember is the pain

from the previous injections I had in the heel area.

Has anyone out there had an injection for the pain in the side of the heel?

Is it as bad as getting it in the bottom of the foot on the heel?

Thanks..

Maureen

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In a message dated 1/28/2004 3:23:32 AM Eastern Standard Time,

OSBORNE@... writes:

<<The rheumy has offered injections to calm it down as every step is like having

a knife stuck in my heel.>>

I had injections for plantar faciatis also and they were not that bad. Maybe

it is the technique of the physician who is administering them. The

injections helped for only a short while and then the pain came back. What did

help

was the orthotics he had made up for me.

Janet

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Hi Maureen,

I'm going through a bad bout of plantar fascitis in my

left heel right now. Had it before in the right and

agree that the cortisone shots had no effect. I'm

curious as to what the surgery was that you had, what

exactly did they do? Thanks for any information.

Warm blessings, Jane

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<<I had injections for plantar faciatis also and they were not that

bad. Maybe it is the technique of the physician who is administering them.

The injections helped for only a short while and then the pain came

back. What did help was the orthotics he had made up for me. Janet>>

In 1993, about 4 years after I was diagnosed with PA I started

having problems with my feet to where I just couldn't walk because

they hurt so badly. Even had to stop playing golf (oh no! I

couldn't even play riding in a cart they hurt so bad). I was sent to

a neurologist and without even looking at my feet, he said I needed

surgery. He didn't explain what it was or anything, just that I

needed surgery. I asked him to at least look to make sure and he

said he was sure. So on to the next doc who pretty much said the

same thing, but at least he had me remove my shoes and socks. He

didn't do anything with them, just had me remove me shoes and socks

and sit there and talked to me.

So in desperation, I went to a podiatrist who took his time and x-

rayed my foot to see if there were any broken bones or if I had bone

spurs (there wasn't), he pushed on the sore spots to ID where the

pain really was coming from. Then he gave me a shot to numb the

area to see if the pain would go away with the shot. It did and he

determined that it was a Neuroma, which is a growth around the nerve

between the toes. I went in for day surgery and had the neuroma

removed and within 6 hours of the surgery I felt 100% better and

could walk on the foot with the surgical boot. This lasted for

about a year and then it started on the right foot. This time it

was so bad that I had to have two neuromas removed during that

surgery. Again I felt better within hours. The final surgery came

again with the left foot a year later. So after the three surgeries

and 4 neuromas in about 4 years I have been able to walk for the

last 7 years. The swelling from the PA causes pain, but nothing

like it was before the surgeries. Don't get me wrong, they still

hurt when I walk and contribute to the fatigue, but not like

before. It is like someone said about having a knife stuck through

the heel, only mine was in the middle of the foot and around the

toes. Good luck to those with sore feet. During my troubles with

the neuromas, I found a shoe that was made SAS that worked for me.

In fact it is the only shoe I can wear for any length of time.

Dick

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I first realized that I had PA when my plantar fasciatis on my left

foot seemed to move to my toes. Started in my heel, then used

superfeet (best product known to this man) which solved the problem.

then moved to toes and confused people until I finally found a good

rheumatologist.

Now my right foot is having problems in the middle of the foot. I am

always worried now is it PA or pf.

However, the short of this is that I hghly recommend Superfeet for

foot pain.