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Has anyone heard of this: Okay, I had a stump neuroma removed between my 3rd and 4th toes last year. It was a huge neuroma and the Dr. went through the bottom of the foot to remove it. Well about 4 months ago I started having severe pain on the bottom of my same foot right where there is a callous (next to the are where the neuroma was), and the burning is worse now in the 3rd and 4th toes. I went back to Dr. about a month and a half ago and his partner wanted to inject a steroid in there, but I said no, Ill wait and see my primary foot Dr. So, I went on Wed and he said its a nerve that is fired up and sold me these insoles, which I cant wear (long story). He told me to pad the area around the callous and that it may take 4-6 moths to it to settle down. He said he couldnt promise me total relief, but that this should help some. It doesnt make any sense to me. He said with my age and all my foot surgeries Ive lost a good share of my metatarsal padding on my feet. He explained its like Im walking on my knuckled, only in my feet. I was wondering if anyone else has gone through anything like this.
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Yep. Fat pad atrophy. It’s difficult to manage metatarsal pads help. Birkenstock shoes. I found kenkoh massaging nodule shoes help the most for my at home shoes since we have hardwood floors. It’s all trial and error to find what works for you. Honestly I sometimes wish I would have left the neuroma alone. 😞
I've gone thru repeated ingrown toenail surgeries on my two big toes starting in April 2020. I've had on and off neuropathy and the on and off redness and pain since then. I've been to several podiatrists over the past year and a half and they just scratch their heads. So yeah, I'd say nerves get cut and they take a long time to get back to normal. I've finally graduated from wearing open toed memory foam slippers to closed toed bedroom slippers to now shoes that are an extra size bigger and are wide version. It's a long process for nerve damage in my experience
So, can foot surgery cause neuropathy?
I believe it can since it's caused neuropathy in my feet that I didn't have before I had these toe surgeries. When you think about it, theres a high density of nerve endings in feet and hands more so than most parts of the body and they are cutting thru them during surgery Seems like podiatrists aren't really clued into this fact based on my interactions with several of them. They just scratch their heads and say you may want to consult a neurologist. So helpful (not)
makes sense.
I was working out at gold's before pandemic hit. If I would lift the weights I was lifting then, I'm sure my toes would start hurting. I slowly working up to lifting in my basement and using elliptical but when I do my toes hurt on and off the following day. They're usually not red but are sore in and off. Or if I walk a long distance around neighborhood. But it's gradually improving
I've also gone thru about one pair of sandals a month since memory foam only lasts a short while before it looses it's resilience
Rather an extra half size bigger
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