Recovery after surgery for Morton's Neuroma

i had two neuromas in each foot. tried everything possible over a five year period. the last series of injections made it worse.
two weeks ago i had cryosurgery on each foot. im doing better now than anytime in years. some discomfort--about
20% of what i had and seem to be improving each day. ill write again in a couple of weeks and let yall know about my progress

I had neuroma surgery 2 months ago. I am still in severe pain when I walk. After 3 hours on my foot it's too much to take. It's no better than it was before the surgery.

I had surgery 6 weeks ago for MN on my left foot and would have hoped that I wouldn't feel like I'm walking on a rolled -up sock and I still have discomfort. I don't like the numb feeling. On my right foot I had the radigraph procedure and it worked beautiful and I'm pain free, but the left foot is stubborn. I'm massaging my left foot at night and hoping that it will start to feel better than it does. Im am walking on it okay, but still feel discomfort on longer walks - Rosemary G

I had surgery for 2 MNs on my left foot on 12/18/09. Two and a half months later, I still have a lot of numbness and the feeling that I'm walking on marbles, as a lot of people have posted here. I've been able to start some very mild exercise -- the recumbent bike and strength training -- but I really hoped/thought my foot would be back to "normal" by now. I'm able to stand for longer than I could before, but it's still painful and my toes are numb by the end of the day. I haven't tried any long walks yet, and it's very frustrating. Hoping my foot is back to normal by summer...but after reading all of these posts I guess I shouldn't count on it!

I had the removal of a neuroma on my left foot 6 months ago. The big toe and 2 toes next to it are still numb as well as the top of my foot and part of the ball of my foot. I have a big round hard ball under my foot, which hurts to touch, walk on wood or flat floors, etc. I wore flat shoes to the park on Saturday (my son plays baseball) and my foot was killing me by the time I got home and all night. I can't bear the thought of wearing tennis shoes with orthotics all summer long. But, if I don't wear the tennis shoes and orthotics, my foot hurts so bad. I get the cramping or "pulling" a lot too, especially after I take my shoes off or am relaxing in bed at night. My foot seems to want to "curl" under. I also get the "phantom pains" - sharp stabbing pains and achiness. I had the problem for about 1.5 years prior to the surgery. I tried the boot, the steroid injections, a different kind of boot, orthotics, and still had to get the surgery. I developed my neuroma from not wearing the proper shoes at the gym while on the treadmill. I only used the stupid thing 15-30 minutes a day for about 2-3 months before I starting getting this horrible, painful burning sensation under the ball of my foot. I was limping on it for months before I finally went to a doctor. I can't stand the thought of a pedicure, which I miss. I am too afraid to have anyone touch my foot at all. Every morning I take a long hot bath and take a wash cloth and rub the bottom of my foot where that big hard ball is hoping it will eventually go away. It hurts at first, but seems to help afterwards. I am hoping it is just scar tissue and will eventually go away. Is anyone else experiencing that hard ball thing? Maybe it's the nerve all balled up in there. I also get horrible excrutiating pain if I step on the smallest article on the floor. I once stepped on the cord of a lamp on the floor and immediately fell to the floor in tears from the pain. My husband and kids think I'm losing it but they have no idea how much it hurts at times. Unbearable - but a million times better than before the surgery.

first, mostly what you'll ever mind on the internet is "bad" results or poor outcomes...all the ppl that it worked great on are out doing things not sitting around online talking about how great it was (except for me i guess, lol).



second, most of the ppl on here are not giving it enough time. it takes a LONG time (9months+ for me) for you to really get used to the odd numb feeling and what the new normal for your foots going to be. i'm not saying that there should be pain, that's something different, but the numbness and odd feeling will go away...one day you just realize that its' gone or at least you don't notice it anymore. i had the 2/3 space MN done in dec 08 and was on a 10 mile glacier hike in new zealand in april 09....so YES there are positive results out there! then by the mid/late summer 09...i started feeling discomfort again and thought it was flaring up (and was soooo dissapointed)...couldn't distinguish where it was actually coming from. well come to find out, i now need 3/4 excised also. going in for surgery on 4/29. hope you also end up with a positive outcome...don't let all the bad juju on here get you down. :)

I had Morton Neuroma surgery on my right foot in late January, I was told that In 8 weeks I would feel great and be back to my normal self with walking and activities. It is now late April and I have more pain now than I did before my surhery. I have had several alcohol injections before and after my surgery. They did not help. I have had steroid injections but same results. I even had orthodics made for my shoe but only got temporary help. I do not want to sound negative but I am starting to think that Morton's Neuroma may be a chronic pain condition. If anyone has any suggestions for releif please let me know. It would be nice to walk without pain again in my life.

Ricky

I had surgery to remove Morton's neuroma two weeks ago. So far, so good. Went through the top of the foot, general anathesia, pain meds for a couple of days after so didn't have much in the way of pain. Results back from pathology indicate it was consistent with MN. For those of you who didn't experience relief after surgery, did your doc send the results to the lab to ensure that a) they got the nerve and b) a neuroma existed?

No excessive swelling nor infection. Got the stitches out yesterday and am trying to learn how to walk normally again. :-) The doc didn't think I would need any mobility aids (i.e. crutches) for the first week or so after surgery, but I would highly recommend them. Walking on the heel of your foot is poor mechanics for your foot and I think you are better off just leaving it alone until the stitches are out. Looking forward to the next couple of weeks and when I start jogging and playing tennis again to see if it really resolved my problem.

I don't notice the numbness much unless there is a new sensation against the toes (i.e. blanket dragging across them, etc).

I had surgery to remove Morton's neuroma on both feet 2 weeks ago. I can honestly say I have had a lot less pain since the day of the surgery than I did before. I went back to work 4 days after the surgery. I keep ice on them at my desk and elevated them when I go home. I did not drive for 10 days mostly because of the boots I had to wear.

The ball of my feet are tender and was told it might be that way for several months.
So far everything has been good. Looking forward to getting my life back without always complaining about my feet hurting.

I had surgery for MN 20 years ago on both feet and things were just great afterwards on both feet...no pain. Cannot remember the recovery period, but I lived up 2 flights of stairs and managed OK.



The MN has grown back in my left foot.....rare, but it happens. I will be having surgery on Friday to have it removed.

I had morton's neuroma and plantar ficiatius surgery 4 weeks ago and I am still in a walking boot! This has been a discouraging experience! I had this done to relieve pain and now I am experiencing even more pain. I also developed a strep infecion at the incision site and had to be put on strong antibiotics. I have missed 4 weeks of work and looking at at least 3 more weeks since I still can't wear a shoe on my left foot. I would definately check put other alternative methods of treating this condition before I subject myself to type of surgery ever again! It has been most disheartning and painful experience! :-( The pain medicine made me sick and had to be switched and I still have to depend on them. I feel like I am walking on marbles and its painful. Please do your reserch befoe getting this surgery! I wish I had done more before I did. :-(

I had a neuroma removed on my right foot 15 years ago and everything is fine. No pain, no numbing, as good as new! Before the surgery, I had to take my shoe off because the pain was so bad. Well, 15 yrs. later, I have a neuroma in my left foot. This one was completely different in that it hurt only when I walked barefoot. Put shoes on and I was fine. Had surgery a little over two weeks ago. I am having just as much pain without shoes again and numbness that I didn't have before. I am hoping this is normal and will go away. After reading some of these posts, I am getting a bit worried. I can't remember how the recovery was 15 yrs. ago, so I don't know if this is normal or not. I too ran everyday and haven't tried yet. I can walk with shoes on with little or no pain but not barefoot. Can anyone tell me if they were similiar in that it hurt more when barefoot and putting a shoe caused no pain? I am thinking that the first one I was always wearing shoes (worked) and to relieve the pain had to remove shoe. The second time I got the neuroma I was a stay at home mom mostly barefoot, so putting a shoe on which is different relieved the pain. Does this make any sense? I just think it odd that the neuromas were so oppisite. Any advice, comments, stories, are appreciated. Also, when does the pain end? Does the numbness get any better with time? Thanks! Carolyn

Hi am havin operation on one foot am very worried about it

Just over three weeks since my MN surgery in my left foot. I did try other more conservative treatments (inserts, alcohol & cortisone injections, physical therapy, even cryosurgery), but I had lived with the neuroma for many years and it wasn't about to quiet down. So far I've had minimal complications, but I have been feeling the numbness, cramping, and electrical shocks in my toes that other posters have experienced. I'm encouraged that these problems seem to be subsiding and may be due to the fact that I've only been wearing a shoe for a couple of days now. Even if I show no further improvement, though, I would absolutely take this over what I've been going through over the last few years. I had gotten to the point where almost nothing lessened the constant stabbing pain of the neuroma, and I'm grateful to be rid of the nasty little b****r. One thing that did help tremendously was a pair of Skechers Kinetix Response shoes in a half size larger than I usually wear. (The other shape-ups, including other less expensive styles of Skechers did not help, but the Kinetix Response ones were well worth the extra cost!) However, even these were starting to lose their effectiveness as the neuroma grew stronger, and I really don't believe I had any other options.

I had a large MN removed in February from my right foot and I am scheduled for surgery remove another one from my left foot tomorrow. I have suffered for 5 years with this condition. I have been to several doctors that denied its existance because it didn't show on the MRI. My first doctor did alcohol injections with no luck. The next few doctors treated me for metatarsalgia and injected my joints with cortisone, I now wear ortho inserts and probably will for the rest of my life...I am only 48.
I have some discomfort from the surgery, but compared to the pain before the surgery I would do it again and again. I have lost the ability to walk barefooted but again it is something I am willing to live with. I am very hopeful that come this time next year I will be able to actually grocery shop or walk more than a mile with minimal discomfort. Good luck to all who suffer from this condition and I hope you find a competent doctor. If you do have surgery, the main thing my doctor has advised me is that the less swelling you have the less pain you will deal with which will aid in the recovery period. :-D :-D :-D