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I had my surgery in 2013 and lost about 85lbs. I was down to 150lbs and then started having back issues. Mid 2015 I started getting epidural cortisone injections for pain relief, but since then I've gained weight. I'm at 180lbs now. At first I didn't put two and two together... I thought it was because of a lack in exercise and increase in food intake then I'd be reminded when eating out with non-sleeved people, that I still have a lot of restriction so I don't believe it's because I'm overeating.

My point to all this is have any of you had similar experiences with cortisone injections? I've stopped getting them as of this year but in 2015 I had 4.

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Cortisone is a steroid and one of the side effects could be weight gain. I have gotten one cortisone shot before and didn't experience weight gain from that one. However, I took another form of steroids called methylprednisolone and put on over 15 pounds.

Please see the link below for more information on cortisone shots:

http://www.webmd.com/arthritis/what-are-cortisone-shots .

I was diagnosed with a herniated disc several years ago. What I found to be helpful that alleviated ongoing, intermittent back pain (which when it occurred was very excruciating) was Chiropractic treatment.

I wish you all the best with getting the weight back off and hope that you can find an alternative treatment to the cortisone shots!

I've had a lot of the epidural injections, presurgery. They did certainly help me with putting on weight. The Lyrica did too. Just put on weight no matter what.

Back issues can be frustrating. Not knowing what you are facing, I'd like to offer a few suggestions that have made a difference for me, in hopes that they might help you. (If you haven't tried them already and the doc approves.)

Physical therapy- they might be able to target certain muscle areas to help

TENS unit- electrical stimulation that feels weird but is a lot better than pain

Inversion table - make sure doc gives the OK. I think it might be bad for certain back issues.

Accupuncture - no joke on this one but you have to get a good one. Some just aren't worth the money.

Patches - some people like icy hot. I prefer Salon pas- you can get them in a lot of places.

Meditation - no the pain is not in your head. It just helps me keep calm and focus on life when the pain gets bad.

If possible Water exercise helped me a ton.

Good luck!

Edited August 24, 20169 yr by Pazza

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I was just going to follow and read others stories and experience with this but having just had lower lumber injections (L4-5 S1 fused with cadavers bone and plates) this past Wednesday has me thinking about cancelling the bilateral ones i have scheduled in another week or so.

I have so much swelling in my feet and legs, i just assumed it was from the oral steroids im on for something else. I am only around 6-7 weeks post-op and this bought of injections hasnt felt right, again assuming it was other health issue related.

Thank you for bringing this to my attention.

I know my pain management doctor can do an IV push which is nice. Maybe yours does as well?

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