I'm hoping so. The steroid injections I have had in the past (one for my wrist and one for my Morton's nueroma) were not successful. In fact the last one actually made my situation worse for several weeks until the pain settled down, so I am a little cautious of them tbh. But given I am now officially steroid insufficient and don't produce enough naturally and have to take them 3 times a day, it could well be what my body now need. Fingers crossed.Ive had three epidural steroid injections in the past, all successful in pain relief, i hope yours are the same. as others have said your specialist sounds positive.
Perhaps you should give Lance Armstrong a call: rumour has it he's a bit of a self-taught expert in these things. 
How's it going in the last week, @SatNavSaysStraightOn ? No bad side-effects from the steroids?
Years ago i had a serious injury to my knee and had to use crutches.I was in the house alone one day when there was a knock on the door (we lived in an upstair flat) went to the top of the stair and shouted the door is open just come in.No reply then another knock.tried to go down to open the door and the wing nuts on the crutches caught on the carpet and i fell down the stair.Burst the stitches and broke my wrist. And guess who was at the door fecking jehova witnesses
It's been delayed until next Wednesday.
But my walking had been coming on nicely. Managed 2 * 30 minutes walks yesterday, though admittedly one was in a hail storm that left the place whiter than all of the day's attempts at snowing had! Today could be called off those unless the 1cm of snow we have had overnight melts a touch more. Crutches and snow are interesting and I need to take a lot of weight on the crutches to be able to walk!
Ouch. We left a note on the door that said ring this number to deal with that situation. Now the couriers and postie just open the door, leave whatever and close it again afterwards!
I'm assuming that it is getting a little easier to do the first part of the walk and that you are aiming for the same sort of pain level by the end of the walk as your older shorter walks?
I'm working on time. Strava isn't recording all of my moving time because I am too slow on my return leg in places. I am finding that I can walk for a certain length of time before the pain kicks in, which hits at about 15 minutes out, then I turn around and head home.I've been noticing the walks seem to be getting a little longer! Well done
Already had today's tumble!
Probably the hardcore railway rather than the road route! No-one drives over the converted railway line...
Timed, of course, followed by a nice big graph of speed/ distance/ pain/ pleasure ! 
