GuloGal
Certified Ski Diva
The surgery is not that bad, mine was made much more complex by two toe surgeries at the same time. Otherwise it would have been a much faster and easier recovery. I also had some tendonitis in my big toe and second toe from compensating for the neuroma pain which was also causing tons of pain. That took about a year to mostly resolve. So my journey has been super complicated.I've just joined the Morton's club, we should get a t-shirt. And cocktails.
My symptoms have been numbness between 3rd and 4th toes, and pins and needles when foot striking, but no pain, and not the pebble-under-the-foot thing, so my Dr was all "nah" about it.
Entirely thanks to this site it's been positively identified - I would never have sought a medical opinion about my symptoms had I not been here. Because it's not too bad they're tying to hit it with bulk anti-inflammatories before going down the injection route if it doesn't improve (according to Dr, "it's horrible") so I'll go alternatives for now.
And I really regret googling the surgical intervention.
Cortisone injection was the worst, but I also think the podiatrist who did it was awful. My surgeon saw the damage and was really upset, asked me who did it. The skin on the bottom of that foot is still thinner, but the tissue is slowly coming back. And the worst part is it only caused more pain, no relief whatsoever. It still makes me so mad.