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Chronic Pain members - Welcome, please introduce yourself

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Hi all,
was in a motorcycle crash about 12-15 years ago, causing me to have both knees replaced, a couple of operations on my arms to relieve ulnar nerve causing numbness in both hands, I recently retired 50+ years as a structural draftsman sitting a very long time.
Had an MRI to find out L2, L3 & L4 are fused together with arthritis. It's like a deck of cards in or on my spine, making it difficult to move in bed. I have serious Vertigo issue where, for 15 years I have only been able to sleep on the left side of my body, had 3 cortisone shots in my left shoulder which relieves the pain for about 3 or 4 months. I need another injection now.
I have had Radio Frequency treatment to burn some of the nerves on the right side of said vertebrae along with cortisone injections. I have had to repeat the injections about every 3 to 4 months totalling 5 treatments in all. Now I should be having another injection procedure as I can only lay in bed for about 7 hours before pain returns in both my spine and my left shoulder, almost sleep deprived now. I managed to quit Percocet a total of 6 times, 3 times for the complete knee replacements and 3 times for my spine issues. The percs caused me many problems with constipation, just had my 3rd colonoscopy to find out they removed 3 polyps,which are being tested for cancer. thankfully been off the percs for about 90 days now. My gut issues thanks to Percocet are finally almost Gone. I have went through way too many things for a guy who is only 72.
My question is, do I continue at the pain clinic, getting further injections for only 3 months of relief and how much damage is the cortisone doing to my body.

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Replies to "Hi all, was in a motorcycle crash about 12-15 years ago, causing me to have both..."

I’ve heard that repeated cortisone shots can damage muscles or ligaments but I’ve never had them. Ask the people at the pain clinic about the side effects AND do a little research on your own. There are online sites like this one and WebMD and others that have info, not just opinion.