I had a cortisone injection last night. This morning, I was weepy and very depressed. It may not be related, but I was told it could be. I am still depressed.

I had a cortisone injection in my left knee do to arthritis 3 days ago. The first night I had a bad headache, and most of the next day too. The second day I had hand cramps, and my face was flushed. The third day just a little face flushing and that is pretty much gone. I will say, I should have relaxed more the first day and rested more. I also should have drank a lot more water. The knee is great! Inflammation is gone, I can bend it and it doesn't feel like I'm walking on a stilt anymore. No noticeable pain in the joint either. Worth the little bit of side effects!

I got an injection in my knee yesterday because it had been swollen for about 2 weeks. The shot didn't hurt, but when I got home the pain in my knee was terrible and I kept having heat flashes. I kept waking up last night with headaches and this morning fill sick to my stomach and very jittery like I took some of those "diet" or "energy" pills. I can't find anywhere that these are side effects of the shot but I have no other explanation.

I had my basal thumb joints injected yesterday. One shot was not painful and one was painful. Initially I was off-balance upon standing and that lasted about 40 minutes. Today I have facial flushing and a metallic taste in my mouth and feel sort of flu like, achy and tired. I also could not sleep last night. I'm not sure if that was related or not.

I received a cortisone shot in my heel yesterday for bone spurs that were causing pain and inflammation. I am happy to say one day after injection my heel feels 90% better than it has in over 6 months! Previous to the injection I received therapy that would work for a brief time. I'm hoping cortisone is the answer. Only side effect is flushed cheeks (but even that seems to be disappearing)!

I had a sudden flare up of knee pain that went from scale 1 to 10 within two hours. It's the first time I had this after a diagnosis of high uric acid levels from a few months back. The doctor took out a syringe full of fluid from the knee and injected cortisone. Now, 28 hours later, the pain is still bad, and there is still some inflammation.

After the cortisone injection into my forth finger joint on my left hand, which was only a little painful, I very quickly became nauseous, dizzy, and faint. A nurse took my blood pressure again and it had fallen to 80/60. Fortunately, after 30 minutes, I recovered. Hours later, I felt fine except for a sore finger!

I am a 46 year old female and I have sever osteoarthritis in my right knee, I had my first cortisone shot today (January 28) at around 8:45 a.m. I have type II diabetes and was warned to keep an eye on glucose level as this can be elevated by the cortisone. First my knee swelled to the point of immobility with excruciating pain, I then started having the facial flushing and breaking out in a hot sweats. When I checked my blood glucose level, which had been under control for almost a year it was elevated to 375 and continued to rise to 428, my mouth is dry, my stomach is upset and I am still up at 5:44 A.M. on January 29. I hope this is worth it in the long run, because based on today I'm not so sure!