Carol
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I, too, have been suffering with shoulder pain. It sounds like you have a rotator cuff injury, in which case, it takes, sometimes, years to recover from. After several months of physical therapy and two cortisone injections, I am finally feeling better. My first injection didn't help, either, but the second one did along with a six day packet called Medrol Pak which is Prednisilone, a steroid anti-inflammotory and then onto 1500mg of Relafen, another anti-inflammatory. Sometimes you do get pain after a cortisone injection. That's called a "steroid flare". It tends to result from doing too much too soon after the injection. However, the MRI will tell if your rotator cuff is torn which might require surgery. I was lucky, I am now recovering from mine without surgery, so far. Good luck, Carol : )