How is your day Today? Chat about your plans and achievements 2026....

Capt Lightning said:
I've just finished my course of physio and I hope it will improve my knee joints. The physio said that my knee was a long way from needing surgery but if it was painful, there were injections that could help. I found the whole affair was quite tiring, so I hope it will be successful.
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I've had the steroid injections in both knees... they're painful, I'm not gonna lie...... but they give relief from the pain for months at a time.. which means of course you can get bak to oing what you're used to doing..walking, climbing stairs, driving , generally moving around easily again... without pain.. so it's well worth it IMO ...speak to your GP... unlike the NHS waiting list for OPS..these cortisone injections are sometimes done in the gP surgery , and if not, then the waiting list is not long for them at the hospital
 
Capt Lightning said:
I've just finished my course of physio and I hope it will improve my knee joints. The physio said that my knee was a long way from needing surgery but if it was painful, there were injections that could help. I found the whole affair was quite tiring, so I hope it will be successful.
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Syn-visc has been immeasurably helpful for my knees. It fills the space where the cartilage was and ends all the clicking and popping. I take it every 6 months in both knees; it's not very painful despite the fact that the dr injects the med as fast as possible! He's always in a hurry.
 
hollydolly said:
I've had the steroid injections in both knees... they're painful, I'm not gonna lie...... but they give relief from the pain for months at a time.. which means of course you can get bak to oing what you're used to doing..walking, climbing stairs, driving , generally moving around easily again... without pain.. so it's well worth it IMO ...speak to your GP... unlike the NHS waiting list for OPS..these cortisone injections are sometimes done in the gP surgery , and if not, then the waiting list is not long for them at the hospital
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Speaking of steroid injections, it appears DH's kenalog steroid injection that I mentioned two weeks ago How is your day Today? Chat about your plans and achievements 2026.... has done the trick! We're especially delighted because the prior two didn't take.

I sure hope it works well for you, @Capt Lightning. 🤗
 
StarSong said:
Speaking of steroid injections, it appears DH's kenalog steroid injection that I mentioned two weeks ago How is your day Today? Chat about your plans and achievements 2026.... has done the trick! We're especially delighted because the prior two didn't take.

I sure hope it works well for you, @Capt Lightning. 🤗
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Pleased that worked for him... I had brilliant sucess when I had the injections in my back ...about 15 or even 20 years ago was the first... it gave me pain relief for at least 3 years.... later injections didn't last as long ... but still very good..

Hopefully the pain relief for your O/H will last as long if not even longer 🤞
 
StarSong said:
Thanks, @hollydolly. He's quite stoic about pain so when I see him wince, ask if we could take a shorter walk or skip that day altogether, or defer a chore that involves physical activity, I know he's really suffering.
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Preisely, and I'm the same..always been very stoic about pain.. and I always say to people....if I say I'm in pain ..then you know I just be in a LOT of pain.. otherwise I would say nothing.. and it sound like your hubs is the same

We go on all of us...pretty much suffering various pains all day every day at our ages now and we say little or nothing about it..... but sometimes the pain is so unbearable that you just have to say that you're suffering... or that ..I just want to be left alone to deal with this in a quiet way
 
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