I have tried shots, orthotics, and i now have muscle atrophy in my thigh. i have lost 2 inches of muscle in 4 months,my job requires me to work on my feet 8 hrs a day. my podiatrist wants me to have the surgery, i have no confidence in the surgery, i'm looking for an alternative answer. He said if i had a job where i could sit,he could do the surgery on Friday and i could be back at work on Monday, but since i work on my feet, i would be out for at least 4 weeks. i can't tell you how much pain i'm in,and how its effecting the way i walk and now sever pain in my knee. Bty, no way i can afford 4 weeks out of work.
How are you doing now? I have MN in both feet, have had 4 cortisone injections with 1 alcohol injection in left foot . My right foot has had 4 alcohol injections and 1 cortisone. I had had surgery to remove the MN is two weeks but the doctor is not want to do the surgery now.. Since the last injections 5 days ago my feet have swollen and look like that are going to pop... Incredible ;pain. I now have to use a wheelchair as I can not bare any weight on my feet. I am in panic mode!
Regards
DP
Iwas just reading last nite, about either freezing it or lazer.i have had surgery several years ago. Now I have burning pain. Have appointment with dr on the 11th.
what kind of laser
I had MN surgery back in 1992 and no improvement shown for it since 2015. Every day at work on my feets all day long is a very painful struggle.
i had plantar mn surgery 3 months ago-the dr. Removed the neuroma between the 2nd and 3 rd toe and a mass from an injury with a toothpick-then pain now is ten times worse than discomfort before surgery. It started as an electrical shock like pain and now is intense along the incision. I have an orthotic and memory foam sketcher shoes and the pain is awful and is restricting my ability to workout and feel comfortable teaching and standing. I am a54 yr old male in excellent shape but feel like an invalid because of this unbearable pain. Walking barefoot on hard surfaces is impossible. I massage with a metal spoon, have had 1 post operative injection, ice and use electrical massage but nothing helps....anybody have advise or words off one that all of this will improve with time...
I was looking up a few things to cope w/ my chronic foot pain and found this old post of mine. (I forgot about it) Since then I had a 3rd surgery performed back in March of 2012 by Dr. Dellon and it's worse. How can this be. The 2nd surgery was performed by Dr. Francois Harton who was in Holland, MI. Dr. Harton was very dismissive to me after the 2nd surgery and didn't know what to do with me sent me to find Dr. Dellon because according to him, he would be my last hope. Not wanting to just do this, I saw 12 more doctors and even a famous nerve Doc and they all said the same thing, go see Dr.Dellon. Long story short after Dr. Dellon and his wife called me and my husband at home on Valentines Day 2012, two weeks after flying to Baltimore, MD to be evaluated in his offices we agreed to go ahead with the 3rd surgery. With promises of the worst case scenario, no harm no foul we did it.
I can't even begin to write about the horrible experience me and my husband had with Dr. Dellon and his 'tag-team' wife after the surgery we had to pay $20,000.00 cash for BUT here I am 3 years later in pain I never knew could be. I live in the guest room, foot elevated with cold packs 24/7 and thats just to keep the pain level below a "10". How did this happen? I can't believe that Morton Neuroma surgery is still performed with CUTTING THE NERVE. Every doctor today is now saying nerves should never be cut under any circumstances. They now say to relieve the entrapment of the nerve by scare tissue and tumors is to just make a small slice up the side to relieve (free) the nerve. ALL the doctors I have seen post surgery say this and say your nerve should NEVER BE CUT no matter what. They say their is no going back and that there is no way to fix this.
SO, here I am 3 years later, I have tried every pain medication known to man (more than once) and the best they can get my pain lowered down to is a 7. (this is if I am off my foot and have cold packs) If I hobble with a cane, for get about it, it's a 10! To add insult to injury, the government has made it more difficult to obtain pain medications we need to live. After 8 years at the same pharmacy at least they know me and my bum foot so I don't get the judgments most do obtaining their medications.
DO NOT CUT YOUR NERVES PEOPLE. New reports are showing over 38% of these neuroma surgeries (which are old, outdated and barbaric) will end you up like me. It's a shame the ionly medical recalls are on implants, not procedures so I know this will keep happening.
The doctors do this potential harmful surgery and there is no consequence. They just send you down the line to the next doctor so you are not their problem anymore.
They get their money and you are left in pain, so much pain that your life is ruined.
I have been angry about this for years and have not written about this for over 2 years BUT seeing my 'old post' today, I felt the need to finish my story, hoping this saves another person from my fate.
Remember these 3 doctors' names and steer-clear of them...
Dr. Dan Bangart (1st surgeon)
Dr. Francois Harton (2nd surgeon)
-and-
Dr. A Lee Dellon (3rd surgeon) *the gut who tag-teamed me and my husband and made us pay him $20,000.00 cash!
Good luck folks. I hope no one falls into my situation. I know it's tempting but DO NOT CUT THE NERVE.
There are new doctors born every day. There are new surgical techniques developed everyday so DO NOT GIVE UP HOPE.
People do love us, need us, care about us no matter how bad the pain is.
Maybe their grief and pain will be worse if we leave them, leave this Earth in an untimely matter.
Thank you and good luck to everyone!
Miss Holley King
I can't even begin to write about the horrible experience me and my husband had with Dr. Dellon and his 'tag-team' wife after the surgery we had to pay $20,000.00 cash for BUT here I am 3 years later in pain I never knew could be. I live in the guest room, foot elevated with cold packs 24/7 and thats just to keep the pain level below a "10". How did this happen? I can't believe that Morton Neuroma surgery is still performed with CUTTING THE NERVE. Every doctor today is now saying nerves should never be cut under any circumstances. They now say to relieve the entrapment of the nerve by scare tissue and tumors is to just make a small slice up the side to relieve (free) the nerve. ALL the doctors I have seen post surgery say this and say your nerve should NEVER BE CUT no matter what. They say their is no going back and that there is no way to fix this.
SO, here I am 3 years later, I have tried every pain medication known to man (more than once) and the best they can get my pain lowered down to is a 7. (this is if I am off my foot and have cold packs) If I hobble with a cane, for get about it, it's a 10! To add insult to injury, the government has made it more difficult to obtain pain medications we need to live. After 8 years at the same pharmacy at least they know me and my bum foot so I don't get the judgments most do obtaining their medications.
DO NOT CUT YOUR NERVES PEOPLE. New reports are showing over 38% of these neuroma surgeries (which are old, outdated and barbaric) will end you up like me. It's a shame the ionly medical recalls are on implants, not procedures so I know this will keep happening.
The doctors do this potential harmful surgery and there is no consequence. They just send you down the line to the next doctor so you are not their problem anymore.
They get their money and you are left in pain, so much pain that your life is ruined.
I have been angry about this for years and have not written about this for over 2 years BUT seeing my 'old post' today, I felt the need to finish my story, hoping this saves another person from my fate.
Remember these 3 doctors' names and steer-clear of them...
Dr. Dan Bangart (1st surgeon)
Dr. Francois Harton (2nd surgeon)
-and-
Dr. A Lee Dellon (3rd surgeon) *the gut who tag-teamed me and my husband and made us pay him $20,000.00 cash!
Good luck folks. I hope no one falls into my situation. I know it's tempting but DO NOT CUT THE NERVE.
There are new doctors born every day. There are new surgical techniques developed everyday so DO NOT GIVE UP HOPE.
People do love us, need us, care about us no matter how bad the pain is.
Maybe their grief and pain will be worse if we leave them, leave this Earth in an untimely matter.
Thank you and good luck to everyone!
Miss Holley King
I have been doing a lot of research on this subject lately, and it could be, a lot of these Podiatrists "Doctors" are flat out LYING about 'the' (and their) success rates at performing these c**p shoot procedures. Everything from excisions to alcohol injections.
Me too. Sorry you hurt. It was the worst decision I ever made.
You poor dear... I hope it's not an allergenic reaction or infection... hope you are feeling better
I wish I did. I feel so bad for everyone who has written here. There are so many of these stories almost like it should be a re-call or something. Hope you are feeling better. MHK
My one nurse friend said to me once that regular Doctors kinda feel that Podiatrists are the Chiropractors of the medical world...
I agree horrible surgery constant pain
I actually work in healthcare and I'm in the same boat you are minus I was afraid to let dellon touch me . Low percentage of people happy . But his wallet was getting thick .
I'm 1-1/2 years post MN surgery and am having a terrible time. After the surgery I got extremely ill. I knew something was wrong but had a hard time convincing anyone to keep looking for the cause. It took 3-1/2 months for my doctors to figure out I was B12 deficient due to pernicious anemia. I nearly died, the pain from surgery and the deficiency was horrific. I believe B12 deficiency was the cause of my neuroma.
I ended up with all sorts of nerve problems, including erythromelalgia where my feet turn red and prickly every night. At this point in time I can hardly walk, am drugged up on Lyrica and other meds, it's horrible. Pernicious anemia causes all sorts of gut problems so I'm dealing with that too.
Maybe someone can learn from my experience. If you have a neuroma, and always wear good supportive shoes (like I did), then question your podiatrist to look further for a cause instead of getting orthotics, cortisone shots, and and/or surgery. It could be as simple as a vitamin B12 deficiency. Important: B12 should be at the high end of the range or you may be deficient as the bottom end is way too low.
I ended up with all sorts of nerve problems, including erythromelalgia where my feet turn red and prickly every night. At this point in time I can hardly walk, am drugged up on Lyrica and other meds, it's horrible. Pernicious anemia causes all sorts of gut problems so I'm dealing with that too.
Maybe someone can learn from my experience. If you have a neuroma, and always wear good supportive shoes (like I did), then question your podiatrist to look further for a cause instead of getting orthotics, cortisone shots, and and/or surgery. It could be as simple as a vitamin B12 deficiency. Important: B12 should be at the high end of the range or you may be deficient as the bottom end is way too low.