Cortisone DNIFing?
 

Anyone know if getting a Cortisone shot in and of itself is DNIFing?

Like many things in the medical world, it depends who you ask. Generally, no, but I'm a pilot, not a flight doc. ;)

Some flight docs I've spoken to say it's a 12-hr DNIF, like some immunizations - no paperwork required.

Some flight docs say it's not DNIF at all if you have no reactions and the underlying problem isn't DNIFing.

Ouch
 

Have you ever had one? The shot itself hurts like a banshee! Then you have relief for a while, then the injury starts hurting again. I don't recommend them.

:eek:!
Yes - I've had them in my elbow and my shoulder.
They do hurt some.
Then after a while the actual area the shot was taken for was hurting. My elbow was even throbbing so bad that it hurt more than before the shot - THEN - I was pain free for 3 months!
A little discomfort at the start was well worth the relief of symptoms for the extended period.

As for being med down.....I had my on Fridays so I didn't worry to much whether it was a 12 hour down chit or not. I never hd any problems with the FS and did not do any additional paperwork. I did have to stay at the clinic for about 10 minutes after the shot to make sure there were no immediate reactions.

USMCFLYR

I remember the first time I got one the nurse came in, gave it to me quickly, then said "alright hang tight for ten minutes" I sort of looked at her like "ok..." then she says "it's so we can make sure you don't die" and walks out of the room.


W...t...f... I was thinking.

surgery works
 

Yep, that was my deal--the shots gave about three months relief. It became a quarterly thing for my elbow for about a year. Got surgery eventually. For the longest time, I thought the surgery had not worked, 'cuz it still hurt. About two years post-surgery, the elbow was fine (or nearly so).

They would only give me a TOTAL of three shots :(
It fixed a few other problems that I have too so I felt like I would have taken them quarterly no problem!
One edit here - I was getting something called Kenbril or something like that.
Not sure if the OPs original question was about the same type of steroid that I was getting.

USMCFLYR

Limit on Shots
 

Had one 10 years ago for my shoulder. No real pain during the procedure (given that the needle was about 3 inches long), and got almost instant, and nearly 100%, relief.

He seemed to miss a small spot, though, where my range of motion still hurt a little. Asked about another shot, and was told that either the yearly, or total, number of shots was limited (I think it was 3 or 4), as it could cause dain-bramage or psychoses!

Later on, I heard voices in my head that told me to get extremely painful physical therapy, and I´ve been fine since.

I've hit my three shot limit on my inner elbow (golfers elbow) and it sucks. The pain is awful and persistent. Surgery is next option, will be a 3-4 month recovery. Going to delay that awhile, probably at least until my mil gig is up and I go back to my airline. I've had probably 8 cortisone shots min on various body parts - never a bad result.

Deuce -

After my 3 ran out, I was contemplating surgery like you but also wanted to wait until after retirement because I wasn't going to give up time in the cockpit.
It took some dedicated time and I had to really give it a rest, but my elbow is doing much better now and I didn't ever have that surgery. YOu might want to just give it some hard earned rest - but it takes time no doubt.

USMCFLYR