Coping With Brachymetatarsia

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by: mlg on Tue, May 05 2009

I have my second left toe shorter then the others. My right foot looks just fine and normal. I remember at the age of 8 or 9 I would wear flip flops. Then at my preteen I was wearing socks all the time. I wasn’t alone my older sis has her toes shorter on both sides. I would put a bandaid on the small toe when I wanted to wear open toed shoes. And now I just don’t bother wearing open toe shoes. I love to but I just stick to my slipper shoes but some shoes rub against my toe and I just use a bandaid to reduce the rubbing. Just my family know about my toe during H.S. Now a Massage Therapist I opened up about others knowing about my toe because during school I had my shoes off half the time for massages and reflexology. I once had a client with the same thing and realized that there could be others out there with the same thing. My boyfriend says it makes me uniqe and different and tells me don’t worry about it. but I still feel scared to show off my toe, because of people staring. I cooped with it for along time and now I’m just thinking if I should have it fixed. My sister already has her mind set to get the surgery done. Kodos for her. It’ll help her alot.. the pain and all

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Tue, May 05 2009
Hi: I just had my first consult today. I am thinking about doing the surgery. Are you thinking about it too? I know how you feel. I am 59 yrs old a...Read

May 2009

brachymetatarsia - by janet e. - (Thu, May 21 2009)
hello im 20 years old i have brachymetatarsia its really bad (both feet)i hate my toes i never wear sandals or any opened toe shoes. [more..]
Surgery by ex-fix - by Christie - (Mon, May 18 2009)
Hi, At 49 years old, I had surgery last June to correct brachymetatarsia on my right foot, the 4th toe. [more..]
My Story… - by mlg - (Tue, May 05 2009)
I have my second left toe shorter then the others. My right foot looks just fine and normal. I remember at the age of 8 or 9 I would wear flip flops. [more..]

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