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

[just-cyd.livejournal.com]

hooray!!! i'm so glad there's something they can see, and better yet, FIX!!!

and give me a call when you're ready to decorate your ugly shoes. we can have all sorts of fun with a trip to the craft store!!

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

I'm glad too. I wish EVERYTHING they saw could be fixed, but hey, I'll take what I can get.

I wonder what the shoes will look like. She said they would take ALL the weight off the ball of my foot. I told her I could just wear those for the rest of my life and we'd be all set!

[just-cyd.livejournal.com]

i must admit i was worried you'd come outta there with "sorry, nothing we can do", so it's got to be a relief to get even a partial fix.

shoes that take the weight off the balls of your feet? this i gotta see!!! my mom used to talk about "earth shoes" which had the heel lower than the toes. i wonder how similar they'd be.

i'm guessing these shoes'd be 'spensive. must find clever ways to disguise them but make it change-able. there's lots we can do that won't compromise the integrity of the shoe, but do you want to wear pink sparkles and googly-eyes every single day? ;-)

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

A partial fix means hope that the pain will no longer be enough to stop me from doing stuff.

I'm curious to see these things too! (sneaky voice) I wonder if I could run in them...

I'd happily wear sparkles and googly-eyes for a few weeks after surgery. The wilder the better! :-)