Hey Uk Yeah it was called Triamcinolone, he injected it along the incision scar lines. In total he used a full insulin plunger of the stuff plus just over another half, but I don't remember the mg p/ml strength.
I was a bit surprised because there really didn't seem to be any kind of exact science to it. I watched closely and in one place he would squirt out a little, and in another place he'd use a load. I think it really depended on how much he could inject into the scar itself. I got the impression he was finding it pretty hard work, and he appeared to really be struggling to depress the plunger in on a few places, so it was a case of stick it in here and have a go, nope, ok i'll stick it in there. Seemed rather crude actually. I was jabbed more times than Freddie Mercury's a hole, but I think he only got some out in two different places on each side. I was totally happy though because I couldn't feel a thing, scar tissue is dead. But, I imagine if you had what you thought was scar tissue but it turned out to be gland... now that's going to smart a bit
Oh after my half done NHS job a few years back I tried to get cortisone shots, via both the NHS and private clinics but the responses I got were basically what the hell would you want that for?
I'm really confused as to why there is so much anti-cortisone feelings floating around by some surgeons and Dr's. I like to be impartial so i've been googling around like crazy trying to find out the negative effects of cortisone, but i'm really struggling to find anything substantial when used over the short term. Especially from the newer types of cortisone like Triamcinolone which is a synthetic derivative with less potential for harm and has a longer lasting effect.
From what I can gather is when Cortisone was first manufactured it was seen as a bit of a wonder drug. Dr's started prescribing it in huge doses and then later people started getting side effects after chronic long term high dose use. I think the drug just got a bad name. But if anyone knows different please post here because i'm really interested now to know more about this stuff and why so many Dr's seem unwilling to try it
I'd like to hear Dr Bermants view of using it, but in all the posts where people have asked him a question about cortisone, he has never said a word. It's just weird, a lot of Dr's seem to hate the stuff but they can't seem to say why. My PS didn't have a problem with using it... Right now I have no idea if that was him being irresponsible or other surgeons being close minded. There seems to be very little information floating around as to why you hear comments like "No board certified PS in the U.S would use it". Which i've heard. Thats fine, just tell me why...
Remember scar tissue forms as a result of trauma. So it can happen for a number of reasons, not just gyne surgery! And one of the most common uses for cortisone injections for scar tissue seems to be injections into a joint such as the shoulder to break down a lump of scar tissue that has formed after an injury to say that shoulder. Now if the patient is in pain as a result of the scar tissue, or the lump of scar tissue is affecting flexibility in a joint, then there seems to be no hesitation to justify the use of Cortisone. But, if it's for cosmetic reasons suddenly you hit the eery brick wall silence. No that's bad. You can't have it. I mean why? It's the same stuff. If I had a bad shoulder AND a big lump of scar tissue poking out a nipple, BUT only one bottle of cortisone... well i'd know where i'd want the Dr to stick it
I just think cosmetic problems such as gyne are just not understood by anyone except those that have had to suffer from it. I think whilst the taboo's of cosmetic surgery are starting to fade there still seems to be a general bias that Dr's hate using medicine to treat cosmetic problems...
Sh!t sorry for the novel, just started ranting...
lopher
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