In June of 2013 my husband showed me a website for a local surgeon who actually repairs this "condition"...blew my mind!! Here I am, a few months later & I'm 5 days in after the surgery. Up until then, I thought it was only I who suffered from this condition with this dang toe. I wondered if it was because I'm Hispanic. Again, I give credit to my husband because before he found it online after having a "bad toe day" I didn't even know this had a name. Brachymetatarsia, as it turns out, was what I had. I thought I was going to live the rest of my life hiding my foot & not ever really be able to enjoy anything that requires being bare foot. Including not ever having a pedicure..first thing I'm going to do to as soon as I can.
My mother always told me my paternal great grandmother had it & so naturally I was the one to be blessed with this hideous toe. With this condition it usually will stop growing between the ages of 6-8, I think. (I will continue to keep a close look out for my grand kids toes!) Anyways, what it is is a shortening or stunted growth of the metatarsals/toe. It may be due to a congenital defect. In my case, it is the fourth toe on the right foot. After reading & reviewing the doctors website, it was an instant "YES...where do I sign up!?" Dr. Lee's info is here. It was even more mind blowing that he was only one hour away from me! With in a few weeks we went in for a consultation. His staff & himself made me feel so at ease..as one with this condition, you know how hard it is to reveal THE TOE. He was very helpful & gave me the backround & history of this surgery. Went over a lot of info & made me feel very secure. There are two ways of doing this surgery: the one stage & the external fixator. I opted for the one stage procudure.
So in order to start from the beginning, I will have to go back & work my way to the present day.
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