Brachymetatarsia

 

My name is Rachel, unfortunatlely I have a condition called brachymetatarsia. Since you are reading this you probably have an idea of what it is. My fourth toe on each foot stopped growing when I was around the age of 6, so therefore my forth and fifth toe look like they need to switch places (as I have heard from family members before). I have read blogs of how it gets painful to walk having this conditon, especially as you get older. Fortunately, it does not bother me to walk, but it does get uncomfortable wearing certian shoes. I decided to have this surgery before I got to the point of pain. I am also doing the procedure for myself, noone truely understands the embarrassment of simply wearing flip flops in public in the summer and having to hide your feet all the time so somone doesnt ask "what happened to your toes". I remember not being self concious about my feet being at the lake when I was younger, so as I got older I started thinking about how I felt 'normal', I started looking through some pictures of when I was a toddler and my toes were normal cute toes. They have been short for 15 years now. I started getting anxiety about having the surgery because I have two little girls (2 year old and 6 month old) and I also babysit my nephew who is also 6 months old through the week, so I about back put of the surgery, but it was a do it now or never type of thing for me. So if I can keep 3 babies and have this surgery done, anyone can do it. I decided to make a blog to let others read my journey of having the surgery, what happened at the doctors appointments, and the milestones of what happens next. The blogs I have been reading are helping me as well and I just want to give my insight of a different perspective. I will update as everything happens..





Here is a before picture: