im 25 years old..landed side ways on my left foot falling four feet with 160 lbs on my right shoulder 07/15/06...diagnosed with neuroma in jan. 07...i have tried every thing except c. shots my surgen through W.S.I.B. tells me that im to young for surgery and talkes more about a mid-foot fusion.................... any idea why he speaks of this other surgery, or how old you have to be to have the nerve removed