Originally Posted By: Jolene
I take it you do not wear heels. Is this correct?
Does it cause you pain when walking or standing? If so, what do you do for the pain?
Do you feel them on the bottom of your feet?
Are they growing?
What type of work do you do?
Are you able to do all your activities?
How are you managing your life with this condition?

I stopped wearing heels about three years ago after I fell down a flight of stairs tearing tendons and ligaments away from the bone in my left foot. It never healed properly but elevated the inflammation of the entheses causing fairly constant enthesitis. I wear a compression sock on that foot most of the time to surpress the pain in that foot. At the time of the fall, I only had the one Plantar Fibroma but within the year following the fall, the second one developed. I have been unable to wear a elevated heel mostly because of the enthesitis but neither of the PFs are extremely painful but rear they head which the inner sole of the shoe is hard.

As far as the walking/standing.....most of the pain is from my hips, back and knees (and the enthesistis) so I really don't take anything extra as a result. Because of the other issues, my ability to stand in one place complicates the pain in the other areas overshadowing any with my PFs.

I definitely feel them on my feet - more so when I lift my toes which tightens the bottom of the foot projecting them out. Other than the development of the second one, each are about the size of a small marble (dating myself) or dime but they have not grown.

I no longer work as a result of the damage in my neck and shoulder. My works was sedentary requiring a lot of arm movement (computer mouse) and neck movement. The pain of the stenosis, forced fusion and osteophytes was overbearing to function as well as my productivity was suffering so I have to leave work.

As far as the activities and managing life with PFs - the impact has been very insignificant compared to that of the AS conditions. I lost my insurance when I left my job and have been unable to qualify for any so seeing specialists have not been available to me. I hope there is light out there but for now, it's just getting by the best I can. smile