I have been searching the web, looking for more information on the Accessory Navicular.  While there is alot of great material on the explanation of the Accessory Navicular and the non-surgical treatment, I didn't find much about the actual surgery, and recovery element of it all.  So......I've decided to record my journey here, with the good.....the bad.....AND the ugly.  It is my hope that it will help someone else that is going through a similar procedure.

I started running during the spring of 2011, before that I had NEVER enjoyed running of any kind, riding the bike was my forte. In 2011, however, I did a couple of 5k's during the summer and enjoyed every bit of it.   Winter inevitably came and I quietly retired to the indoor world of my local YMCA.   In the beginning of March, 2012, I was running my first outdoor 3 miles of the season.  I don't know if it was because I had been on the treadmill all winter, but when I got to the 2 1/2 mile mark on the area bike path, my foot started to burn.  I ended up walking the last 1/2 mile & went home.  For the next 3 or 4 days, I kept waiting for the pain to stop....it never did.  With my foot still about triple the size three weeks later, I went to a podiatrist. He immediately put me in a Cam Walker / boot & told me to come back in a month.  I obeyed every rule the doctor gave me, and the next appointment I relayed to him that although the swelling had gone down, the "burn" was still just as prominent as it had been a month ago.

During that 2nd appointment my Dr. talked about doing an MRI, but how they kind of frowned upon it because of the expense, and essentially decided that I should just try an ultra sound, which was alot cheaper.  He did the ultra sound & saw the Accessory Navicular, the bone had pulled away and was actually in three pieces at the time of the exam.  He then proceeded to give me a cortisone shot.  I was a little apprehensive because I have heard terrible stories about how painful a cortisone shot can be.   I didn't find it terrible at all, granted I wouldn't stand in line for one....but it wasn't bad.  It took about two days to kick in, and then BAMMM, it was like I was never injured!  It was like heaven!  that didn't last long, 4 days to be exact.

During the time that I had been having foot issues, my husband,  Larry, had been battling an Achilles bone spur so I was witness to the steps that he was going through.  He had gone to a different doctor than mine.  His doctor was in a large orthopedic facility, mine was in his own little office, his wife was the nurse & they had one other office staff member.    Surgery was in the cards for him, and via Google I found a lady that had written a blog about her surgery, essentially the exact surgery that my husband was about to have, and found it invaluable with first hand knowledge.  (so I've decided to do the same with mine).  The day I took him in for his outpatient surgery, I decided right then & there that I would make an appointment for a second opinion, and use the same doctor as Larry.

Another month passed and I was FINALLY able to get in to Rockford Orthopedic, and Dr. William Bush.  He was exceptional!!  He spent time with me, and explained all of the different things they would normally try. (all of which I had already done).  He recommended surgery, I will be going in for the outpatient surgical procedure on Friday, June 29, 2012.  FINALLY!!