Dr. appointment

[cjsmith]

Surgery.


1. Neuroma, 3rd interstice (between 3d and 4th metatarsal heads), both feet.
Surgery will remove this nerve completely.
Surgery will also "release" (sever) the transverse metatarsal ligament (the one holding the 3d and 4th metatarsal heads together).
No contraindications for running due to severing that ligament.

2. Some injury to flexor tendons and plantar plate, sitting under the 3d metatarsal head, both feet.
None of these structures are severed completely. Surgery cannot fix them. This must be treated symptomatically - oral anti-inflams, cortisone injection, ice.

Surgery will mean no driving for 2-3 weeks. Use crutches for the first week or so. Funky shoes (how long??)

To be scheduled -- soon, I hope.

Comments

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Thanks! Yes, that's how I've felt about other things in my past: "I wish I'd done this years ago!" I sure felt like that after getting my wisdom teeth out. There wasn't room for them and I chewed up my face all the time. I had a whole routine for shutting my mouth. After I came out of anaesthesia I kept clacking my jaw because I *could*.

2. Don't know. Need to ask.