Morton's Neuroma

[Suffeli]

Hi to everyone and thanks for this helpful postings!

I'm new to the site and am already finding really useful.
First some background...I have suffered from some slight problems over the past 20 years, but it has not been a real issue until about 1 year ago. It got worse and I was diagnosed with something that might be Morton or something else... I have got some cortisone shots that helped for some time, and was seeing a physiotherapist this spring. I got some support things to my shoes (sorry don't know the right word in english...), which seemed to help perfectly. I tried to follow the exercises meant to strenghten the foot muscles, and got from reasonable to awful in a few days. Last month has been the worst with feeling like my foot's sliced open with a knife when it touches the floor and elecric shocks if it bumps into anything slightly. The 4th toe has been moving on it's own in weird ways...

I have mostly been able to sleep at night, which is better than some people writing here. My best wishes to everyone! But putting on or taking off shoes and socks is a nightmare and walking is really slow. I've been eating anti-inflammatory painkillers like candy and the foot's a little better, and the toe has been calm.

I am scheduled for some kind of nerve testing on July to find out exactly what's wrong, and also I'm waiting to get a podiatrics appointment ( have seen a general dr by far) but that might take ages.
I have been so worried that there is no other option than surgery. And now I'm much more positive after finding out that the cryogenic treatment has been such a help to many. I hope they have it here in Finland as well.

Good luck to everyone's feet :-) and thanks again...

[ndone]

Hi there everyone, this is ndone, I know it has been along time since I posted about Bob. Things are not well, the same old pain is back, the cryos seem to help for awhile but then gradually back to the same. Very frustrating. We are going to try and get a referral to a pain management clinic in Grand Forks. Even taking 6 Aleve in one day does not help much for him. Because he is relatively new to his insurance previous problems are not eligible for surgery I guess, so we will see where he is next March. He cannot take anything with codeine in it. Sorry with this news, glad to see cryo is helping some of you.

[texasrd]

ndone -
I am so sorry to hear about Bob. I found the same thing with cryo, but - my podiatrist gave me a very good explanation and we did one final surgery that is 3 weeks post-op this week and seems to be getting closer to 100% relief.

What he said was that he has seen in 1 other person (in 38 years) where the nerve was not only inflammed, but had grown out in the shape of little grape clusters. So - when they did the cryo, they did not get all of it because they can't see it all and the nerve has gone off and done something addtional that is not normal.

For the 3rd procedure, he went in and cut the 4th intermetatarsal ligament and shaved the bone to make more room for the nerve. The incision was through the top. The top is still a little sore if I push on it and I do think we are not quite all the way there because every now and then I feel a little "sensation" in the 4th-toe area. On the positive side, I can wear athletic shoes and run on the treadmill with absolutely no feet pain. In fact, my feet feel better with shoes on now than without shoes on.

So, I remain a little disappointed and at the same time I am still happy with this path because it has resulted in some pain relief and delayed a complete surgery a little bit longer.

I'll let you know if we decide to do anything else. I have not called my doctor back yet because he will say to wait until all the soreness is gone before re-evaluating.

Good luck!

[boatdrinks]

Benni,
I am a triathlete with morton's nueroma, did the cryo treatment work for you? I had to miss a run event today because of the nueroma and am so bummed, I hope the cryo worked for you!

[jacqui00]

Hi

I am not sure what this procedure is. I am from the UK, and have been diagnosed with Morton's Neuroma of the Left foot, condition started about a year ago thought the pain and discomfort would to away, but got worse instead, I have been told by my Orthepedic surgeon I have the condition starting in my Right foot will have to have surgery. Left foot first, and within 6 months the Right foot every toe side of the foot, ball of the foot needs to be corrected.

I asked the Consultant for some pain relief Cortisone injection, he refused saying he did not want to cause an infection in the foot prior to Surgery. What is Cryogenic Technology is it the same as Cortisone?


Good Luck


Jacqui00

[Jessy123]

[quote="susanmn"]ndone: Hi Terry. I know you said previously that Bob is doing pretty well. He is almost 10 days post cryo -- does he think that he will need to do the procedure another time? Or, what type of relief did he get from this second round at Cryosurgery? Does he feel 50% better than before or better than that?

Also, what else had Bob done before cryo? I think you mentioned surgery, right?

I am just trying to decide what my next step will be and getting others stories helps make that decision. Thanks again![/quote]

Hello, I don't know if your still reading this post. If you are I hope you will answer me a few questions.
I had morton's neuroma surgery a little over a year ago which did not work. I saw you went to Tampa Fl. for cryosurgery. I went there also. So far I'm not sure if it has helped. The Dr. told me I may not no if it worked for at 3-4 weeks.
You mentioned that you went to Mayo Clinic for a second oponion and the Dr.found no neuroma. What I don't understand is didn't the Dr. in Tampa see a neuroma on the ultra sound? If not what did he freeze? Please if your still reading this let me know. I'm a little concerned since I went there also. Thank you