Cortisone shot

[Clarks11628@AOL.COM]

I had one in my shoulder years ago, when I slipped holding my baby daughter, 
and fell protecting her from the fall.  I landed on my elbow, breaking loose 
an old calcium deposit under the muscles encasing the top of the shoulder, 
upper arm.
    I remember that the orthopod put some novocain in the shot, and that the 
shot itself did not hurt all that much.  But, when the pain killer wore off, 
I remember pain so bad that it made me sick  for a couple of hours.  But the 
end result was that it has never hurt me again.  I now have developed 
numbness in the fingers and hand when I raise my arm for an extended period, 
like when tuning an upright sitting down
(I have long arms).  Maybe this is the start of carpal tunnel problems?
Clark Sprague