I first saw Stacy Atherton two years ago for what I thought was maybe a Morton's Neuroma in my right foot, having had one removed about 8 years earlier from that foot. She told me it was a stump neuroma from the surgery and there...
Read MoreI first saw Stacy Atherton two years ago for what I thought was maybe a Morton's Neuroma in my right foot, having had one removed about 8 years earlier from that foot. She told me it was a stump neuroma from the surgery and there was nothing to do but to wear shoes with a stiff sole. I wore Dansko clogs exclusively and my foot was ok. Not always pain free, but 'ok' until earlier this year.
This spring I went back to her after a couple of months of increasing pain in both feet. I reminded her how she had diagnosed a stump neuroma in my right foot two years prior, and told her I thought maybe I had a neuroma in my left foot now because the pain was exactly as I remembered from my first neuroma years ago. She said no, it was capsulitis of the second toe and told me to tape it and prescribed prednisone. (Re: left foot)
The prednisone was not effective so the next month when I returned to see her she prescribed meloxicam, also ineffective. The next month she prescribed diclofenac. I was taping it daily, taking the anti inflammatories and tylenol. Usually by around 3pm I could hardly stand to be on my feet. I couldn't walk my dog even around the block.
Each time I saw her I told her it was no better, and usually worse. I would describe the type of pain I was experiencing and there were times she would look at me like I was crazy. She sometimes treated me very disdainfully. (This was probably because the type of pain I was experiencing didn't line up with her misdiagnosis.)
During one visit she taped my right foot and when I asked her why she was taping that foot, she snapped at me. She said it was for "the capsulitis." I said no, that's the left foot. She then said I had it in both feet. (She had never said that before and during the first visit this spring when she showed me how to tape my toe she only did the left foot.)
Finally in July she sent me for an MRI. During the follow up visit she talked about surgery for the capsulitis of my left foot. I then saw another podiatrist for a second opinion and it was a good thing I did.
I was told that probably 80 - 90% of the pain I was suffering from all these months in my left foot was NOT from capsulitis, but from - yes - a MORTON'S NEUROMA. A simple injection and 30 minutes later I had almost complete relief. Five weeks later I am still almost completely pain free. (I will say 90%.)
I do have a Morton's Neuroma in my left foot and a stump neuroma in the right. And I am told there's no reason I needed to wear stiff soled shoes. They only contributed to the pain.
I am wearing tennis shoes, sandals, even a heel the other day. I am walking my dog and am able to spend all day on my feet without pain.
I just wish I had trusted my gut several months ago and gone to see someone else and not suffered for months for no reason. I would have given zero stars, but it would not allow me to post this without a star.
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