Do not have surgery , success rate is 80 or 70 percent . Stump MN is worst than the first.
I just had decompression surgery in 2 places in my left foot. I chose to be awake during the surgery and it took 10 minutes. When the numbness wore off my foot already felt better than pre-surgery. Now I'm trying to walk on it a bit each day and am super nervous about going back to work next week. I am an elementary teacher and rarely get to sit during the day. Any advice?
I had alcohol shots.. seven of them guided injections using ultrasound for acuracy...and they did no good.. they made it worse right away.. had an MRI to rule out fracture.. .. I am now trying physical therapy with iontophoreses using dexamethazone topically applied...first warm foot soak to open pores.. i am on my fifth ion treatment... so far a slight improvement. The best result that i've had is two things.. one/ buying special athletic shoes sketchers go run/ mens that have a lower heel base and high mid sole.. and also i bought one of those foot massagers w/ heat and i use it all night every night.. just set my feet on it while watching t.v. A foot surgeon wants to do surgery and said physical therapy is vodoo!! lol !! id**t...
Hi Michelin, I had 7 alcohol injections to address my Mornton's neuroma one week apart. They reduced the pain a bit but not enough. I'm scheduled for surgery in 3 weeks. But they do work for about 75% to 80% of the people so it's worth trying them before having surgery. My other foot is acting up now and I am definitely going to try the alcohol injections again.
dont get the surgery or the shots.... instead. do what I did to get rid of mine... I had iontophoresis .. a non invasive method of delivering the same steroid but directly to the area.. My stupid arse doctor told me the alcohol was not steriod but it is a mixture and very damaging... the ionto is no pain.. and you can do three times a week for four weeks and it will be gone..
I experienced something very similar. However, my incision never closed after the stitches were removed. The doctor offered several reasons that he felt this happened including the fact that the neuroma that was removed was extremely large (the size of a golf ball), and some blood supply was actually never restored in some of the smaller vessels before the incision was sewn up.
This "hole" was so large, that I could actually see down into the web space and it constantly poured clear liquid. After about a month of this going on, the decision was made for an additional surgery where his suspicions were confirmed about the lack of blood supply. I'm just surprised that there weren't far worse complications that had arisen from this, Nevertheless, whatever he did seemed to work because I never dealt with any similar issues after this occurrence.
This "hole" was so large, that I could actually see down into the web space and it constantly poured clear liquid. After about a month of this going on, the decision was made for an additional surgery where his suspicions were confirmed about the lack of blood supply. I'm just surprised that there weren't far worse complications that had arisen from this, Nevertheless, whatever he did seemed to work because I never dealt with any similar issues after this occurrence.
I am on my 5th and final alcohol shot on my foot. It did not work for me ( usually there are 7 shots). My Dr. Said if I don't see a difference by shot 4 or 5 no need to continue. Next I'm having an MRI done to make sure nothing else is going on. If things go ok with the MRI, he will do surgery. I've had mine for 3 years, at first the cortisone shots helped, I'm on my feet a lot with my job...I'm ready to be done with this.
i know this post is older but if you could tell me the dr that performed your surgery would be so grateful!
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If anyone is having this surgery please read about surgical decompression vs. excision of the nerve. In my opinion, decompression has less complications and better results. Good luck.
Dr. Daniel Pollack - NY/NJ
Dr. Daniel Pollack - NY/NJ
Hi, I just had my neuroma excised yesterday at Beth Israel. I have been living with progressively worse pain for years, orthodics, shots, PT, all of which were useless. I finally decided that I couldn’t live a life where walking and standing were becoming impossible because of the pain. Its way early to say anything (although I have had zero pain since the surgery yesterday, and my surgeon removed a whopper of a neuroma!), I will be happy to let you know how I recover and share the name of my surgeon if you like.
I had surgery, bilateral, approximately 15 years ago and recently I'm having the same symptoms in my left foot. Can Morton's neuroma come back after surgery, and if so, what can be done?