I had a Morton's Neuroma removed in 2011 after a couple of months of excruciating pain. Everything was fine for about 2 years, then the pain came back. I had a stump neuroma. It was removed surgically at the end of 2013, after I had been of Pregabalin (Lyrica) for a couple of months to help with the pain before and after the surgery.
The pain came back halfway through 2014, which the doctor said wasn't possible because he cut the nerve high enough for it not to for another stump.
I raced to the best foot specialist I could find as soon as I could, who promptly told me that I don't have another neuroma. He said there was no way, and even convinced me that I had somehow made the previous pain up in my head.
Well, the beginning of this year, the pain came back, only a LOT worse. As in I am completely dysfunctional.
The only thing that helps is submerging my foot entirely in water water, and it only works whilst in the water. It doesn't make sense, because usually cold is supposed to help. But I'm finding that cold weather severely aggravates the pain when it's there, and sometimes causes it.
The doctor finally put me on Pregabalin permanently as a prevention to the pain after I had taken too many pain killers one night (the pain made me, literally, lose my mind) and had to go on a drip to flush it out.
Apparently, what I now have is a damaged nerve which noone can do anything about and have to be on Pregabalin forever. I don't want to be, I'm horribly scared of being on chronic medication so young (I'm 25), and it doesn't even always work.
Please, someone, tell me there's a way to fix a 'damaged nerve' which is slowly but surely driving me insane (sorry for the drama, but it feels like it).
The pain came back halfway through 2014, which the doctor said wasn't possible because he cut the nerve high enough for it not to for another stump.
I raced to the best foot specialist I could find as soon as I could, who promptly told me that I don't have another neuroma. He said there was no way, and even convinced me that I had somehow made the previous pain up in my head.
Well, the beginning of this year, the pain came back, only a LOT worse. As in I am completely dysfunctional.
The only thing that helps is submerging my foot entirely in water water, and it only works whilst in the water. It doesn't make sense, because usually cold is supposed to help. But I'm finding that cold weather severely aggravates the pain when it's there, and sometimes causes it.
The doctor finally put me on Pregabalin permanently as a prevention to the pain after I had taken too many pain killers one night (the pain made me, literally, lose my mind) and had to go on a drip to flush it out.
Apparently, what I now have is a damaged nerve which noone can do anything about and have to be on Pregabalin forever. I don't want to be, I'm horribly scared of being on chronic medication so young (I'm 25), and it doesn't even always work.
Please, someone, tell me there's a way to fix a 'damaged nerve' which is slowly but surely driving me insane (sorry for the drama, but it feels like it).
Recurrent Morton's Neuroma surgery, terrible nerve pain
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