Brachymetatarsia

[livingwith]

I am a 33 yr old Male in Houston TX. All my childhood, on top of being fat, I have had Brachymetatarsia also. I used to hate myself so much, I didnt even want to touch my feet in the shower. I always wore socks. The worst part was how I treated my mother. You see, she has it on one of her feet, and apparantly passed down the generous gift to both of mine. This led me to have a bubbling hatred for my mother and have typical teenage thoughts of suicide. Everytime I saw a commercial or movie w...Read the full article

[andrea nicole]

i am so happy to have finally heard a man's side of the story. i have written a page on the website and i'd like for you to read it. its a very hard thing to live with,this disorder. believe it or not the best thing to do is challenge yourself. i have pushed myself to wear flip flops and to walk around other peoples homes barefoot. i cannot tell you the ultimate satisfaction in having minimal fear anymore. its something you have to experience yourself. the 1st time i wore my brand new flip flops out, i had an ultimate feeling of enpowerment. like i had accomplished something i hav never been able to do before. it was amazing. i knew people were looking at my feet on the bus, but i was in my moment of glory...i could care LESS! i feel the exact same way as you, not wanting to hav it seen in public, around friends, even some family members. i've grabbed my fear of brachymetatarsia and thrown it to the ground. i realized that the people that accept me are the most important people in my life. i have had the wonderful opportunity of finding someone who can love me for who i am and nothing less. i was terrified at 1st telling my boyfriend about my feet, knowing that he wouldnt give me a disgusted reaction, yet as well not knowing what his reaction WOULD be. i couldnt have been happier telling him and getting it off my chest. if anything, i think he likes it more than "the norm" feet lol. no one can tell you how to get over it and when to get over it. its a growth that takes time. you have to know when your ready to get over it. i pushed myself because i didnt wanna worry about it anymore. i was sick and tired of the constant thought in my head about whether or not i looked like a freak, wondering if people were staring or just being human and being curious. to people that suffer from this (though i have not had the pleasure of meeting someone face to face with it) it is the ugliest thing they have ever seen. yet i would never say to someone with it "you hav ugly feet!" that is a statement that clearly isnt true. it still affects me, dont get me wrong. yet i am slowly getting used to it and realizing that its not a big deal to anyone else but ME. i can go through the mall and not be worrying about if my feet are the most noticable thing about me. this is my thought...with all the people you may see in one day, how many of them will you ever see again?? and even if you ever did..by chance..do you really care what they think about you?? thats what hit me and made me realize..."i have just as much reason as anyone else in the world to love myself as i am and no one is going to change that!" you have every reason to do and wear what you want. no one and nothing can stop you but YOURSELF. no one stopped me from wearing the shoes i wanted but me. some shoes i dont wear just because of the fact that the nails on the little toes sometimes press into the toes beside them, like if i wear tight open toed sandals,so it can be painful. take it and run with it. enjoy your life as a free person, not some1 trapped by themselves. if god forbid ur little girl ever has the disorder, im sure she would love to have a wonderful role model (daddy lol) that would help steer her into believing, and knowing, that she is uniqe no matter what anybody says and that she will hav the confidence to go through life knowing that nothing is wrong with her. im 18 and didnt know anyone,up until i joined the site, that had this disorder. if i had only known someone who had it to steer me. my parents r wonderful and brought me up to know that i am beautiful no matter what anyone says to me, it does not phase them one bit. but its hard to build confidence on something when no one you know has it. if ur little girl does have it, you probably wont notice it till shes about 12 or so, near puberty. thats what i found out about it, and roughly when i discovered it on myself. god bless her and i hope this has helped you, even in some small way into realizing that it isnt impossible to forget, if anything,to somewhat accept.

[andrea nicole]

http://livingwith.podiatrychannel.com/brachymetatarsia/20090619_9020

forgot to give you the link for my post..lol sorry.

[gm3522]

Hey.
Have you considered getting it corrected?

[andrea nicole]

hey yes i have consisdered getting it corrected. i have spoken to 2 different docters, 1 who had seen it before a couple times but didnt know the name of it or anything about the disorder actually. after finding this discovery of its name and all the information about it, i recently spoke to another docter in july, receiving much more information and being somewhat satisfied with the fact he could tell me its name and why it happens, even though i already knew from all the info i found...yet even though i had 2 different docters appointments, i was disappointed. i researched about the procedure(s) and found them to be quite facinating on how they are done. however, i heard from both docters that they can be quite painful afterwards and long recovery period. and because its on both feet i would have to do it twice. also, if i consisdered the bone graph operation, they usually take the graph from your hip, so it would be recovering from that aswell,...which is also very painful. its almost like having a double surgery. in the long run its alot of pain and i would have to wait for the summer, since i cannot go through the winter with a boot cast on. its a big decision. i kno in canada, we get it covered. but if theres no coverage, its a very costly procedure. it is up to u. i have decided to not go through with it.