Confused after Morton’s Neuroma Surgery

All y'all have me pretty worried! I had bunion surgery along with neuroma removal with the nerve tucked into the muscle. I was non weight bearing for 5 weeks and walking in an air cast for two before starting to walk in my sneakers just a couple days ago. Swelling for both surgeries is down considerably, but still there - especially the ball of my foot and my big toe. The PT put Kineseo tape on today to help with swelling. Walking is going okay - not too much pain from the bunion surgery, but the area around my neuroma is causing moderate pain in the ball of my foot and zingers into the toes.

Anyone have this sort of pain that went away after awhile? It seems that mostly there are horror stories on here with just a few good reports. Anybody have a story that started out not too good but got better?

 I see it's 3 years since your post and I'm wondering how your foot is. I had the decompression surgery 12 days ago, 

I recently had a neuroma removed and hammertoe repair......I am 59 and wish I had not done the toes........one toe had to be redone and not being able to walk properly while recovering has just turned my life upside down.......cant even walk to the grocery store, ride my honda 125cc, or my bicycle for that matter  ....don't know if I will ever be able to wear a shoe again.......the pain is relentless........what was I thinking?  I also live alone and don't drive .......doing anything is a chore now.....the fact that you did both feet makes me cringe......worst medical decision I ever made.............

I wrote once already, here is an update my first surgery in Aug 2017 for a neuroma and hammertoe resulted in having to have a second surgery in Dec to remove an implant in my fourth toe as it was not healing. That poor little fourth toe is a mess now and I am still wearing a boot as we come on a year since we started this.  I have had to start taping my first three toes or they start leaning way to the left over that fourth toe so then when I walk that fourth toe gets mashed.  I still have pain and swelling.....wished to god I had never done the toes, I have another appt coming up and I have a feeling he may bring up surgery again, a few weeks ago the doctor called me and asked me to take a couple of photos of my foot so he could show them to some fellow doctors, great even my doctor needs a second opinion.  Depending on this next visit I may take him to court, well arbitration but my foot is messed up I can not even walk to the store as I used to, shopping I have to ride the cart.  I feel he did not consider my other health issues like he should of, I have COPD and depression problems.  Was a pretty active walker, ride both a small motorcycle and bike often and am unable to do any of these things now so its like a set back in my mind....if I can ever walk well again will I be able to walk the distances I did before the surgery something tells me no.  So I am going to another opinion and to talk to an attorney.  The neuroma removal was great though, have had no nerve pain up and down my leg as I did prior to removal, its just the toes I wish I had not done

so ive read back on the posts for the past few years and om devastated.

im 32 nurse in the military, extreme fit and active and a marathon runner.

i suffered with severe burning when i run marathons which i started 2015. All scans showed that i had bursitus and not MN. i suffered and suffered until an ortho surgeon agreed to take the nerve out and said i did have one and we often treat the scan and not the patient.

im 4 weeks post op and i think my op has gone wrong. it was done through the ball of my foot and now i have a massive hard lump at incision site, i still cant walk and walking barefoot is awful. feels like there a big lump across the pad of my foot. If i touch it, its so nerve type pain.

i know im still recovering but im so anxious and really emotional about it all. i cant believe i cant walk and the worst thing is me not having a MN in the first place.

even being a nurse myself, the side effects i was given were swelling, infection, numbness, not working and not, stump neuroma, problems with walking and all my problems above. i hate my life right now 😦

i had surgery on my left foot 6 months ago and I still get pain and swelling and its very pin fall im on pain killer for nerve damage and my surgeon said there is nothing more they can do i have Morton neuroma in both feet so i wont be having the operation on the other foot worst thing I ever done having one foot done i can only where thick soles on my shoes cant get my foot in alot of shoes and the pain i would rather have a baby in the morning i still drg my feet for about 30 seconds a d i stretch them before walking but its a horrible feeling

I had a failed MN surgery 10 years ago and tried revision a year later - failure as well

i have read and reread everybody's entries over the years with such huge sadness

Does anybody have a success story to share, after a failed MN surgery?

I am still dealing with pain, with every step I take.

Also, would forum members comment on any pain meds that they have found effective for unresolved neuroma pain.

i want to be able to walk with out pain. Taking a fast walk for exercise is my goal.

Playing tennis and golf are faded memories

I had MN in both feet. Had surgery on both which failed miserably and left me with scar tissue which is more painful to walk on than MN. Went back the following year to have the scar tissue removed on one foot, this time they went through the bottom of my foot which again just made it worse.

I cope with it now by just accepting the pain, wearing the right shoes and avoiding rough ground - cobbled roads are a killer.

My surgeon said there's nothing more that can be done.

From my experience, if I could go back, I wouldn't have had the surgery done. The MN was a small localised sharp pain. I've now got a large painful area on both feet which can't be avoided when I walk and the shooting pains I get at night are at times are unbearable.

My symptoms and the effects are not as extreme as many posting here, and I don't want to rub it in that I am still mobile, but I post in the interests of sharing experience, particularly with any runners and it may help walkers.

As a lifetime runner with 8 marathons under my belt, I was persuaded to attempt a switch to 'barefoot-style' running, and to go from the heel strike to the forefoot strike as a more efficient style that reduced jarring on the knees and 'engaged the glutes'. I was wearing some thin-soled 'minimalist' running shoes (not the five-fingered ones) and trod on some sharp stones, bruising a nerve. It took me at least a year to get a diagnosis of Morton's Neuroma, and a further couple to finally go for the operation, persuaded by the genial surgeon that it would have a good chance of improving the situation. Unfortunately it didn't, as the space where the inch or so of nerve that was excised has filled with a bursa that aggravates the remaining nerve, creating symptoms as bad as before: initial numbness setting in, followed by numbness, followed by a burning sensation that eventually brings me to a standstill. Bursa removal is not recommended as it can only make things even worse. Cortisone injections have had limited effect, so I've stopped asking.

I have been exploring ways of mitigating the effects enough to be able to keep some sort of running going - important for mental wellbeing and for keeping control of Type II Diabetes (atypically never overweight). Marathons are off the menu, Half-marathons only possible with ibuprofen and paracetamol topped up en route. My drug-free (apart from adrenalin) limit is 10K and I have learned to accept that. Currently I find that the problem sets in after about a mile, but then I stop and do my stretches and they somehow restore me the extra miles. What I am learning is that the key moves are about getting the blood down to my foot; leg swings and knee rotations at the hip - both directions. Age may have started to cramp the sciatic nerve.

I have stuck with the forefoot strike - it took me years to make it become the new normal, and I am still convinced of its greater efficiency. And testing the heel strike, it doesn't seem to make much difference to the discomfort / pain arrival. I keep my cadence to the recommended 180 steps per minute to reduce impact with a more 'scampering' frequency. I still buy trainers with zero heel drop (Altra is my current preferred brand) but with a bit more cushioning than before - but not so much as to reduce awareness of my contact with the ground and keeping it light.

Other mitigations: I run on grass as much as I can. I came into running through cross-country and may aspire to an off-road half marathon someday when this virus thing is over.