Morton's Neuroma
Posted , 56 users are following.
I've had foot pain for sixteen years and been told it's arthritis and I had to live with it.After seening two rhuematoligests in two different hospitals,I finally managed to get ultrasound,which proved I had Mortons on both feet. So full of hope of an operation I saw my G.P. today. No op. only injections. I'm so gutted. I thought after all these years I would be pain free and it's not going to happen.
2 likes, 164 replies
DLH Granny_Ang
Posted
Granny_Ang DLH
Posted
susan572 Granny_Ang
Posted
Granny_Ang susan572
Posted
susan572 Granny_Ang
Posted
jack717 susan572
Posted
Granny_Ang jack717
Posted
Hope this of help to you.xx
jack717 Granny_Ang
Posted
susan572 jack717
Posted
jack717 susan572
Posted
mary85712 susan572
Posted
I had Mortons neuroma op 4 months ago. Everything was brilliant for 2 months - no pain. Just started wearing sandals instead of hefty lace-up shoes and the pain has gradually returned if I stand/walk for longer than half an hour. Spoke to foot surgeon who said it is much too soon for stump neuroma and that I should give it at least 6 months for full healing to take place. I have 3 dogs that need daily walks and it is such a pain!
susan572 mary85712
Posted
mary85712 susan572
Posted
susan572 mary85712
Posted
mary85712 susan572
Posted
Hope the MRI scan can give you some results (hopefully treatable). My Christmas wish is that all the podiatrists and surgeons who write "patients with Mortons Neuroma may feel some numbness and tingling in the toes and a feeling of a sock rucked up under the ball of the foot" all get M.N! I would have welcomed numbness and tingling and not the burning stinging unbearable pain that is more of a reality! If you read my reply to Delia71 a few minutes ago you will see I have (maybe temporarily) found a solution. Fingers crossed,
Best wishes.
susan572 mary85712
Posted
I got the results of my MRI scan last week and thankfully it isn't a stump neuroma but bursitis. I have also been diagnosed with arthritis of the talonavicular joint which I have also got in my left foot in the same place. Can have steroid injections to help with these problems. In April I am due to have surgery to rectify previous bunion surgery and hammertoe surgery that has failed. Hopefully come summer my feet will be pain free.
Best wishes
penelope09654 susan572
Posted
susan572 penelope09654
Posted
penelope09654 susan572
Posted
jp66967 penelope09654
Posted
Pain at any other site in the foot is a mis-diagnosis.
There is more to Morton's "neuroma" for which there is not space here. Specific queries will be answered on this web-site
margaret11268 jp66967
Posted
jp66967 margaret11268
Posted
I believe that there are foundational flaws in their concepts of managing the "age related deformities" of the feet. However, apart from writing a book - which I have done - and making short comments on sites like this, I feel impotent. Even those short comments have received unpleasant responses, as you will have noticed.
Granny_Ang margaret11268
Posted
jp66967 Granny_Ang
Posted
Granny_Ang jp66967
Posted
Grimspite jp66967
Posted
As the current orthodoxy never mentions Morton's neuroma in the 4/5 intermetatarsal space, I'd be very interested in your sound anatomical reasons. I've never heard of Morton's described as an age-related foot deformity either, as people well below retirement age can develop it. I did have a guided injection, in the 3/4 space, which had no effect, and I certainly exhibited Mulder's sign. I'd be interested to know what you recommend other than surgery, as living with the condition became impossible for me. At the moment I'm feeling very positive about the outcome of the neurectomy, but I have an open mind and am aware that less pleasant developments may occur.
jp66967 Grimspite
Posted
Whether Morton’s “neuroma” exists at all (apart from the post surgical neuromas) is debatable.
The histopathology is a post traumatic irritative neuritis in every one which I have seen.
It is a good example of a successful treatment (anaesthetization) applied to the wrong pathology.
s55555 susan572
Posted
brian4109 jp66967
Posted
linda87117 susan572
Posted
cinda margaret11268
Posted
I can only wear Birkenstocks.
I had acupuncture for a while then my acupunturist saw my foot red, sore
& swollen after work one day
(I usually saw him on my day off - not as sore I work on my feet) & said the acupuncture wasnt helping. He took a proper educated look at my foot & pointed out my first toe is shorter than the rest.... Mortons Toe.
I now don't know where to go - so much money on failed treatments, months off work in my own small business, frequent high levels of pain... I'm starting to wonder if cortisone might help.
Have you had any breakthroughs?
jp66967 cinda
Posted
"Morton's Toe" is a fallacy and fantacy, and do not be duped into anyone suggesting that you have the adjacent toe shortened.
I hope that I get an angry response from some orthopaedic surgeon, somewhere !
cinda jp66967
Posted
Thanks for your response.
Oh also, last night Idiscovered either a bone spur or bunion growing off my big toe on the trauma foot! It just gets better
margaret11268 cinda
Posted
jp66967 cinda
Posted
If you write a private message I will send you my web address, which might help...
brian4109 jp66967
Posted
darcy85983 jack717
Posted
karen59566 brian4109
Posted
susan9675 jp66967
Posted
Jp66967-
Thank you for the comments! - I belive after hours of researching and finally finding your comments that I was misdiagnosed with a morton's neuroma when actually I am suffering from post traumatic irritative neuritis.
I broke my 3rd metatarsal in May 2016. - though the break was misaligned, my orthopedic surgeon did not opt for surgery. Since then my foot has healed, but I have a tingling, burning, stabbing and throbbing sensation I get when I stand or walk. In December my Orthopedic doc diagnosed me with mortons neuroma and gave me a shot of cortisone. It helped for 3 months (that's great, right?) but now the pain is back.
I would love advice on my next step. Go back for another shot? (And a shot every quarter becomes my new norm?) Go to a new doctor? Bring to my current doctor the possibility that I have post traumatic irritative neuritis, but then what? Is it treated any differently?
Dang foot break was a game changer for sure. ????😔
jane23689 mary85712
Posted
I am 81 and love to take my dog for 3 walks a day but am finding it difficult with Morton's neuroma which I cannot find any help for. I have lousy medical insurance and would have to pay out of pocket for anything. Is there ANY kind of doctor who would do cortisone injections that would help the condition? Sandals DO help a little but not enough!
jane23689 susan572
Posted
Susan, I rely on my feet for 3 walks a day with my little dog, who has long legs and LOVES her walks. I'm 81 and this Morton's Neuroma thing has stymied me! I need to continue walking without pain and have just purchased Hexane-Free Cold Pressed Castor Oil, recommended on this site, but haven't a clue as to how to apply it. Can it be warmed and applied like a plaster? Anyway, I can identify with your need to walk the dogs! Thanks!