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@summertime4 I have had surgery for them in 2012. My foot has numb areas now and some parts very sensitive and feels like being stuck with a needle. I had a recurrence of pain in 2016.. while walking it felt like I stepped on a sharp stone. Just like the first time. I got I don't know how many injections. I finally went to another town to see a different doctor. He ordered a mri and it showed another small neuroma. He suggested physical therapy. I got to the referral and unfortunately the young lady did not know much about foot therapy.. but she knew who did. A man that had helped me with many other times. I have known him now for 13 years... sometimes hard to keep up with where he works at. He has amazed me with his constant seeking of knowledge to help his patients. He did severals things but what helped me most was he used pins... similar to acupuncture and he attached a tens machine to them. A strange feeling. Pins were not painful. He also told me take any arthritis pain rub that works for me and to massage it into just the top of my foot nightly. (I use the equate version of aspercreme). I am not totally pain free, but I can walk and stand on my foot for a while now. I will have to do repeats of the therapy sometimes, but hopefully I can avoid another surgery.

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@fourof5zs Thank you How long did it take before it was decided to do surgery? How many shots did you have? Were they cortizone and did they hurt like really bad? I have neuropathy on top of this so I don't know if numbness is neuropathy or neuroma. All I know is pain.and swelling. Even at night when in bed. I am going back on gabapentin and pray that helps at least with the neuropathy. I wi be going for acupuncture soon.