I had two neck injections for the arm/hand pain and a back injection for the hip pain. Of course since they are steroids they helped so everyone thought that was the problem. But the pain came back and moved around. About the 5th referral it was thought maybe PMR. But the blood work was negative so I was told I had arthritis, take pain meds, and get on with my life. For three years I have lived off and on with huge ibuprofen doses which help me quite a bit. After reading this blog for awhile and the steroid issues I have decided to keep on as I am. I am pretty disinchanted with doctors, to say the least.