u/pencil-witch

I’ve been lurking in here since I injured myself back in April, and have only recently seen an advanced podiatrist who thinks I’ve either fractured my sesamoid or injured a bipartite sesamoid (not sure which one). Either way, it hurts to walk, even with some insoles I’ve been given.

I was told that if the pain didn’t die down in 6 weeks that the next step would be a steroid injection, has anyone had experience with this? If that doesn’t work, I’ll apparently need surgery as I still can’t push off the toe joint without acute pain. I’m not sure how a steroid shot is supposed to fix a fracture, but would love to hear some people’s experiences if possible (a tad hope would be nice about now).