[Keely]

Hi, I had surgery to remove a MN 8 years ago. The surgery was only a half hour.. The recovery wasnt bad at all. I have two toes that are numb but could care less about that as the pain I suffered for 8 years prior was gone! Unfortunately last week my MN came back. This time it is not isolated to the area between my third and fourth toe.. It is a bit deeper into my foot. I am in worse pain than I was 8 years ago. Now the pain and numbness and tingling is radiating into my calf and sometimes but rarely as far as my thigh.
In the past year I could feel some long forgotten nerve pain in my foot but I think I ignored it to be quite honest as it was minimal. I did not want to think about it. Well it is back with a vengance. I called my foot specialist/surgeon and scheduled an apt. in Sept. soonest available apt. Has anyone had MN surgery that was successful and had the MN grow back? If that has happened to you did you opt for surgery again or try other approaches? I was told that there was a possibility of regrowth of the nerve.

[jcroam]

I had the exact same thing happen to me, but the pain came back 7 years after surgery. I had a cortisone shot in February and that helped for awhile and I'm taking methlyprednisone (I'm sure that's spelled wrong) now to reduce the pain. Basically, I'm just delaying the surgery. Good luck to you!

[bdsmith]

i had surgery on my right foot about 15 years ago, and surgery in my left 2-1/2 yrs ago. Same thing: numbness in the two toes; but compared to the pain, no big deal at all. The right foot started to bother me about the time i started to deal with the left foot, three or four years ago. i've had two cortizone shots, and they've seemed to work for a very long time -- unlike pre-surgery where nothing would help. the left foot is now starting that thick, dull ache, followed by shooting pain, and a "clicking" between the joints, so i'm sure it's now headed for the cortizone rollercoaster as well. But i think, if you stay proactive and treat it early -- ice, NSAID, cortizone -- you can't necessarily make it go away, but it is very manageable. At least that's my hope, 'cause i understand a second surgery is not as simple as the 1st.

[Designeer]

when you all read about prolotherapy invented by Hippocrates 3,000 years ago you will realize how damaging todays R.I.C. E. (ice, NSAID, cortizone ) treatments are. Your ligaments have stretched or torn, INFLAMMATION HELPS TO HEAL THEM, you would not want anti-imflammatories.