Joe, I think the fact that this thread got 9 responses in 5 hours just proves that people who've had bad experiences with cortisone have sometimes had --*very bad*-- experiences with cortisone and want to spread the word. Believe me, the word "cortisone" really got my attention.

Anyway, I had my first round of cortisone (about 5 months of it for rheumatic fever) when I was 16 years old. So what's that about age again?

I think there's been a lot of excellent advice in this thread.

- Rita Ferrara