Cortisone Injection

The Cortisone Injection was exactly like the MRI. I went into the room and laied on the x-ray table. pulled my pants down and my groin was cleaned. My feet were taped together pigon-toed again to allow the Radiologist the best positioning of my hip socket. They again started by numbing my skin with a novicane shot, and continued to go deeper and deeper until in the hip socket. This time, the Radiologist missed the right spot and had to "re-position" the needle. I felt this a bit, but it was mostly just pressures. He injected the cortisone and I was on my way!

I think the funniest part of this procedure was that the Radiologist Tech. was a young male who had a female college student shaddowing him. It was his job to ask me when my last menstrual cycle was and if there was any possibility of my being pregnant. He appeared really nervous asking me these questions because he was kind of whispering!!! In the end of all of this, I do think he was nervous because he forgot to un-tape my feet and I had to ask for them to un-tape my feet so I could pull my pants up and leave.

My cortisone shot lasted 4 weeks (some last 2 weeks to 2 year), and really only relieved the pressure I was feeling in my back, but not my groin pain. It also did not allow me to rotate my hip any.