Cortisone shot

Today was my last surgical follow-up appointment with my orthopedic surgeon.  I’ve still been having quite a bit of pain in my knee.  Most of the time it’s been like a dull 4/5 (on a scale from 1-10), with lots sharp 8/9′s thrown in just for fun.  My extension is great and the swelling has gone down to almost none, but the pain is still there.  The dull pain appears to be from the arthofibrosis.  My surgeon thinks that the sharp pains are caused by stress on my patella due to continued muscle atropy in my quad.  He gave me a shot of cortisone in hopes that it would help with the pain, allowing me to work at better strengthening my muscles.  So… we’ll see what happens.  Right now I have an awful headache and my knee is swollen and stiff, both from the shot.   These will hopefully remedy themselves by the morning!!