I have celebrated my two year mark on January 2 of 2015. I am still so grateful that I had the opportunity to do this surgery and that it was so successful. I am now a sophomore at Christopher Newport University in Virginia and am just starting my second season as a collegiate lacrosse player today!! Being an athlete on the varsity level has been a super exciting adventure and I definitely would not be where I am today without the sesamoidectomy. Although playing a sport in college is a lot of fun, there are new challenges that are faced everyday. It puts a lot of stress on your body which means you have to take good care of it with stretching, foam rolloing, icing, etc. It is also important to know the difference of when your body is telling you when to stop, or when it is telling you that you are tired, but you need to keep going. That being said, I have to listen to my foot when I am lifting too much for it to handle. This mostly only applies to lunges or other exercises that requires me to hold a lot of weight when I put most of the pressure on the ball of my foot (this is where the sesamoid bones are located). That pain is because of the scar tissue from cutting through my tendons in order to reach the bone. Aside from the athletics, if I wear heels for too long, my foot tends to get a little sore then as well. So far since that surgery, I have been really lucky not getting any serious injuries! I still highly recommend this procedure if anyone is having any sesamoid issues, especially if you are in close proximity to Dr. Myerson at Mercy Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland.
I am so happy that I was able to blog about this surgery because it was so new and there were a lot of unknowns about it. I still remember reading a lot of articles about sesamoidectomies two years ago and wishing that there were more about actual people who have gone through the entire procedure. So far it has over 10,000 views! I just wanted to say thank you to all of the people who have emailed me asking for advice, or just to tell me how much it helped them decide to get the procedure. Good luck to everyone who is thinking about the surgery!
Here is a picture of the scar today! Luckily it is on the bottom of my foot so no one ever sees it. It's very light and kind of hard to see.
