Navicular cuneiform fusion because of arthritis. My navicular and accessory navicular were being fused (the accessory was dis-placed by an injury and the two rubbing together was very painful). My surgeon suggested fusing the navicular and 1st cuneiform as I had a lot of arthritis and so much pain that it was affecting my quality of life. I was in almost constant, debilitating pain. I had been a long distance runner from 15 - 31 years of age. Played tennis, swam, etc. in general very athletic. So, I had the navicular-cuneiform fusion done at the same time as the navicular-accessory navicular. The navicular was done with 2 screws - one from each bone into the other bone. The nav-cun was done with a plate between with two screws in each bone. Continued pain - could not walk without a limp and pain was enough to keep me awake even after being off my feet for several hours. X-rays and MRI showed union, so my surgeon said that it was merely a matter of removing the hardware - that I was in the 3-5% of patients who could not tolerate the hardward. I woke up in recovery with a cast up to my knee. Surgeon explained that once he cut my foot open, he saw - by sticking a needle at the site of the union - that it was actually a non-union, or a fibrous (non-bone) union, so he had to re-fuse it. This time he used a bone graft and 2 screws one from each bone into the other. I've been non-weight bearing on crutches for 8 weeks. Scheduled to see my surgeon in 2 days, at which time he said I'd be weight bearing in a cam boot. I tried the cam boot just now - a lot of pain at the fusion site. Anyone have experience with this kind of fusion? Results? I'm so worried that it didn't fuse this year either.....