Impatient Idealist

I bet this stuff will take a looooong time, for both of us. Fortunately, I know people do adapt after neuroma surgery. They say the phantom sensations will fade over a matter of months. You're dealing with nerve regeneration, as opposed to shriveling up, and I wouldn't be surprised if that takes longer. (A LJ-friend of mine just had ulnar nerve surgery and that's what the doc said her tingling sensations were: nerve regeneration. They seem confident that it will all heal up.)