Coping With Brachymetatarsia

August 2008

• Finally…..IT HAS A NAME! - by Stacey - (Fri, Aug 22 2008)
  The other day I took my mother to the podiatrist to have her normal toes trimmed. In the 47 years of my life, I had NEVER visited a podiatrist…EVER. Since I discovered my Brachy at around 9 years of age, you would think I would have made at least one visit by now. But I was too ashamed to see a doctor, as I thought it was an unexplainable freak of nature. [more..]
• want surgery - by tired of the short toe want to wear sandals - (Wed, Aug 13 2008)
  i am 29 years old and i have the short toe on my left foot. it sits on top of my foot. my right foot looks funny as well, all four toes are very short and then i have a fat big toe. there is about this much room——— between my big toe and the one after. [more..]
• Don’t be afraid! Show those toes. - by Barbara - (Mon, Aug 11 2008)
  I never realized I had “abnormal toes” until I went swiming one day and my older cousin asked, “What is wrong with your toes?” I was only nine years old. I checked all of my family members toes, until I found my aunt. The difference between us was that she was confident and didn’t care. [more..]
• Funny Toe - by Camille - (Sun, Aug 10 2008)
  Hi all, Wow I never really knew that there was a name for this! I had a physical one year and my doctor noted my toe and mentioned what it was but I didn’t think much of it. Today I had some free time and was just curious to see if I could find out what it was called and learn about it. [more..]