It's a heel spur!

OUCH!! An injection means hydrocortisone- I’m guessing! OUCH-- I have had one shot- and it wasn’t pleasant- My mom also is having problems with her feet- they said this also for her- but she choose not to have it- they suggested a gel pad in her shoe- It seems to be working so far. Wishing you luck!

Oh my so sorry to hear that but please take care of it I havve never had one so I don't know how it feels good luck on hubby surgery

Im sorry to hear you have a bone spur. I know some people who have had that and they had surgery to remove the bone spur. And they are doing fine now. Oh wow how is your hubbys back? I hope you both feel better soon.

Years ago I stepped in a hole in someone's yard and, after a week or two of terrible pain every time I tried to step on my right foot, I broke down and went to the doctors. I found out I had a heel spur. He said there was nothing to do but let it work itself out. It took about 2 months of walking mostly on the toes and front part of my right foot before I was able to start putting any kind of presure on my heel. Another month and I was walking normally. I've never heard of the injections but mine did eventually work itself out. **AT PEACE WITHIN** ~~STAND STRONG IN YOUR BELIEFS~~

My sister had something similar to this. They did try injections first and I hate to tell you this, but yes, they are very painful. Unfortunately, these shots did not work and she had to have surgery to remove the spur. She came through this with flying colors and has not had a problem since. I would ask your podiatrist if the longer you wait how successful the injections would be? The shots may not work if you let too much more time pass then you might as well just have the surgery.

im sorry to hear that,it must be very painful.i dont know if the shot hurts or not but it sounds painful though.hope all goes well.take care and keep us posted.pattie

I was told I had a bone spur and got orthodics. They helped tremndously. I would look into it, you will find that it may not be as bad as you think. http://sportsmedicine.about.com/cs/foot_facts/a/foot3.htm Don't wait, you will need to help your hubby after his surgery.

I am not sure, it seems as though I had something like that about ten years ago. I never went to the doctor to get it checked out. However, I did stop wearing shoes that had no/or little padding between me and the ground. After that, the problem went away. If I were you, I would look the procedure up at http://www.webmd.com. Whenever I am going to have something done, I go there and they explain the entire thing from start to finish so I know what to expect.

My mother had bone spurs on her feet and they operated on her and she did quite well afterwards.

Just what I thought! I thought she would give you something for your shoe. I don't know if the shot hurts.

Yuk---I don't envy you....I know I sure as heck wouldn't want an injection in my foot...did have one years and years ago when I was a kid as I had very deep plantars warts in my big left toe...the doc gave an injection to numb the pain...uh, you could hear me scream to CA--but then I WAS only ten or so years old...How the heck does one get a bone spur anyway...Is there a more "natural" way to "dissolve" it??

heel spurs are very painful and i got treated a lot for them on both of my feet.. the foot doctor is the best place to go...they used to remove them with surgery but most doctors just give shots of cortizone and they can be painful if the doctor and his assistant don't know what they are doing...you have to have one person put in a local to kill the pain so the doctor can inject the cortizone with a BIG needle that has to go in deep enough to get to the problem....good luck..then the treatment is short lived and the pain comes back..but after time a protective heel is build up over the heel spur and the pain is not so bad..the body heals itself..sort of...if you have surgery the chance is the heel spur will come back as its made out of calcium and that goes to an area that is show distress..thus it will come back to where it was cut off...so its self defeating to have surgery..i think... one foot doctor used to bind my feet in ace bandages and this helped for awhile..it help stableize the heel area....the heel spurs have not bothered me for many years...but I wear a arch support and that helps my feet too...good luck