Morton's Neuroma

[officegirl]

I've had a numb toe for a while and suspected MN. I can't walk in barefeet in the house as we have wooden floors and it hurts too much. I never wear heels or silly shoes, always Echo's or Crocs.

How did I just know that others on here would have the same?!!!

G.P tomorrow to take a deep breath and try and tackle all of my problems.

[naama]

I've possibly got this, although I suspect it will turn out not to be. My GP said it was, but my rheumy suspects something slightly different. I'm waiting for an ultrasound to differentiate between the two possibilities. Either way, it's not pleasant!

[Retro]

My surgeon confirmed my diagnosis simply by feeling the space between the bones in my foot and squeezing the sides of it, which he very nearly got thumped for I was beginning to think I may have one in my other foot but it's settled down again so I'll just suck it and see as they say.

I did have insoles with a lump to push the bones apart now I've got one with an indent because when the orthotics woman took a mould of my foot she noticed that the lump actually showed on the mould then she looked at my foot and it is actually noticeable now

Lindsey

[officegirl]

GP said the neuroma and plantar fascitis is as a result of my previously fractured heelbone (calcaneus). She is also convinced my calcaneus broke because of HMS, it is usually an injury which you get from falling from a ladder or roof. I just fell sideways a couple of feet from my cycle. (I've also broken an ankle and scaphoid in the past....

So, I've been referred to the foot dude who first diagnosed me as hypermobile AND to Prof Bird. I really feel like I'm getting nearer to being sorted.

[naama]

Mine has flared up again. Do they do that? It was kind of better with anti-inflammatories and wearing trainers instead of proper shoes. The thing that sparked it off was wearing orthotics again after a summer of wearing sandals with no orthotics. I guess I got a bit complacent because it seemed better and started 'experimenting' with other shoes. I think I'd convinced myself it wasn't MN because it got better. Does it get worse or does it stay the same as when you first got it?

I have found I can wear trainers with solid soles and I can also get away with my cowboy boots, which is a relief because trainers don't look good in the office (not that that would stop me if trainers were the only thing that worked). If all else fails the Docs might come back out but they're way too wide for my feet, especially without orthotics. I'm interested to know what kind of orthotics they recommend since my whole problem was initiated by wearing orthotics.

I have the characteristic splayed toes which actually feel like they're overlapping each other. What a weird feeling that is!! I keep taking my shoe off to stretch my toes out, only to find that they're splayed.

I'm having an ultrasound at the end of October. My rheumy thought it was actually synovitis and not MN, but I'm erring back towards MN now that the strange nerve feelings have come back. How do people deal with walking any distance when their foot hurts like stink? I had to go to London yesterday and was almost in tears by the time I got back to Victoria station and that was with a crutch to take as much weight as possible off it. Mind you, the rail company messing up my assistance didn't help. I've used it twice and twice they've messed it up. Why do I bother?

[SAMMY]

Just reading through child and adult orthotics. I wonder if I had been fitted with them in my developing years, they might have made a difference?? I have also read on other posts that muscle relaxing injections help and wondered if this would make a difference to wearing them?? As I have said before, my legs are solid. Maybe there are a combination of ways to realign. Naama. Walking is hell and the tingling and buzzing never goes away. Last time I had to run somewhere my legs and feet went completely numb and I went flat on the floor. I have recurring dreams that I cant walk and have to crawl around. Crazy world. SAMMY

[paige]

I have orthopaedic shoes with orthotics that I get from the hospital, and wear them round the house and for walking any distance, if I am not wearing walking boots. I stopped wearing orthotics in my other shoes when I was just going out, say, shopping and I have stopped doing any of the exercises I should be doing , incase I get another injury. I started getting a terrible pain in my foot when I put any weight on my foot and had to hobble about to keep the weight of my foot. I saw a podiatrist who said I had Morton's Neuroma, due to my being hypermobile and my not wearing orthotics in my shoes. Does anyone else have this please and what treatment did you have? He said I could have cortisone injections but I must starting wearing orthotics all the time, and maybe my orthotics need changing since I have got Morton's Neuroma.


http://www.skincare-consultants.co.uk/conditions2.php

I just wondered if any other hypermobile have cherry angioma. I have always had what I thought was a birth mark or mole since I can remember and when I started to get more and more I went to my gp who said that they were very rare but not benign.

[nemonie]

Hi,
I've got lots of cherry angioma. They're not rare, but are usually only seen in older people (over 45ish). I got my first one when I was 13 and started getting lots more in the last few years (I'm 30 now). A cherry angioma is just a little collection of blood capillaries that have come to the surface of the skin, I think for HMS/EDS because our skin is more fragile, they can push to the surface a bit easier.

[Spireite]

I've had cherry angiomas as long as I can remember. I think there is a thread on here about them. I think they are benign.

[lancashire]

i've been roughly diagsd with neuroma (do people usually have medical imaging for final diagnosis?). i think it started as pain because (I believe) the joints there were subluxing and i would then have to click them back into place to alleviate the pain. During a few years it was on/off issue.

then got annoying so saw podiatrist - didn't believe that this was what I was experiencing (although I did s'times have to get my osteopath to get metatarsal joints moving again in that area). podiatrist gave laser therapy - he had recent training + was enthusiastic convert - it is supposed to break down tissue - I think it made it worse, far worse so that now I am in constant pain.

I hate wearing walking shoes in autumn and spring because my feet get very hot. Like others here, I have never worn any heals at all and always wear shoes and sandals which don't push my big toe in. All shoes and sandals do cause a problem though: they are nearly always too wide - sandals are better because I can go smaller on those without crushing toes. Are low-volume feet an HMS feature?

I am getting the picture that neuroma is caused by hypermobility causing aggravation to nerves until they grow the tumour. do people recommend no surgery? I had steroid for other issue and it made absolutely no difference at all for an astounding amount of horse-needle pain in a joint. The Dr said that this was as she suspected - steroid = ineffective for HMS. It sounds like some have had steroid success for neuroma - is this true or not? Do neuromas go of own accord for anyone? I think i'd rather go for the operation - is the scar tissue an issue because it takes so long to heal? many thanks.

[kerry-lou]

Hi,
I had a meuroma removed August 2009 and i am still having problems with it TBH, i a
had one starting in the other foot and was given insoles that helped with the ball of my foot and to correct the stance, if i had had these before i dont think i would have had surgery. the scar tissue catches in prety much the same way as the original problem took ages to heal and the steroid injection did little but hurt like i would never of believed because of the nerve sensativity in my foot i cant feel half of my toes most of the time and it feelslike i have something stuck between my toes the rest of the time and constantly have cramp in the surgery site.all in all i wish i had never had it done but that could just be how i healed, try insoles first would be my advice hun, they may work
hope you sort it its horrid
xx

[paige]

I bought a pair of fitflop boots, they are very ugly, but a very wide fitting and they are very supportive as there is so much cushioning, as I am finding it even more difficult buying footwear.

[lancashire]

I've got some symptoms of neuroma but nothing on scan + less painful if my metatarsals are squashed together in a bandage. anyway - surgeon said operation is last resort for all people, let alone HMS and that he would almost never operate on HMS person for this because of healing and weak scar tissue problems.

[paige]

I've got some symptoms of neuroma but nothing on scan .

Hello Lancashire, it sounds very much like my problem. I was provisionally diagnosed as having Morton's Neuroma and got a referral for a cortisone injection, but I went and had acupuncture. My osteopath said you have to have a scan to show the neuroma and he couldn't feel a neuroma and said that it was metatarsal pain. When I get this metatarsal pain, it is normally because I have walked in a shoe/boot without an orthotic. I can't put any weight on my foot at all when I get the pain and just have to rest my foot. It has made it very painful\impossible trying to wear\walk in any shoe/boot without an orthotic or that isn't very wide fitting with cushioning. I am now thinking that I will have to have my bunions removed because I am so restricted in the very wide fitting footwear I can wear. How are you coping with footwwear?