Hello everybody! My name is Leo Garcia and back in April 2017 I had surgery to remove an extra bone (an accessory navicular bone) from my foot due to pain (accessory navicular syndrome). I have this blog to share my experience about how I felt with the bone and how I feel without it now. I'm happy to say that I do not regret my decision of removing the bone as it was giving me a lot of pain prior to the surgery. However, I want to say that even though I am better, I still have my limitations. I am able to work on my feet without having aches afterwards, which was not the case a few years ago. But, if I walk up and down a hill for about 2 miles, I do get those aches in my foot. Besides that, nothing really gets my foot aching as bad anymore. If you have any comments or questions about Accessory Navicular Syndrome, please feel free to message me. Also, if you would like to read about my experience with cancer and chemo, please check out my other blog by clicking on the testicular cancer blog. Have a great day!
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I scored a really nice job this summer, but the only catch is I am on my feet the entire time. As you may have read, I had an accessory navicular bone causing me a lot of pain a few years back, but I had surgery to remove it over a year ago. I'm happy to say that I am not getting as much pain in the area anymore! However, standing on my feet 8 hours a day is a bit tiresome, but nothing I can't handle. On the pain scale I have about a low 3 after standing those hours on my feet and it would usually be a 6 or 7 if I still had the bone. Also note that now that I am a better lifestyle treatment postchemo, I go to the gym afterwards to work out my arms. If you have any further questions or comments, please feel free to message me. I've had a couple messages and I usually respond within the week. So stay healthy guys!
First, CT scan came back and it shows that I am clear!!! Now, I have to wait until next week for first oncologist appointment. Besides that, I have started working more and going to rotations. This means I've been on my feet for the past couple weeks and had a chance to test out my new orthotics! So far my feet have felt great and only a bit sore after wearing it for 8 hours standing on my feet. This is a huge improvement over having a lot of pain before the surgery. Also, I am changing the format of my blog. I am taking out the guest post, because I never heard back from the guest blogger and I replaced it with a testicular cancer blog. This way I could separate both disease states into individual blogs and keep them focused. If you know anyone who has either had cancer or recently diagnosed with testicular cancer, please refer them to my other blog for testicular cancer. I hope this helps people in the same situation and as always, have a great day!!!
Well, today I received the phone call from my urologist. He stated that the markers he ordered in labs were elevated and that I am officially diagnosed with testicular cancer. I am the first one in my family on both sides to get this cancer. Tomorrow I go to the hospital to remove my left testicle and that should be it. Sometime later I am going to get an CT scan to see if the cancer has spread anywhere else. I'm glad that the prognosis is good as there is a 99% 5 year survival rate. I will post more about the new insoles later, but so far they have been good. Have a great day guys!
Hello everyone. Yes, you read the title correctly. Last week, I went to my doctor after observing my left testicle being much larger than the right. She gave me an order for an Ultra Sound, but I ended up getting one earlier in the Emergency Room last Friday. The doctor from the ER told me that this couldn't be testicular torsion and it was either an infection or a tumor. I asked to see my labs and my WBCs were low indicating that this most likely will not be an infection. This Monday, I went to see the urologist and was told that this mass is most likely cancer. I'm doing some lab work for markers and next Wednesday I am scheduled to remove my left testicle. I'm debating about starting a blog for this as testicular cancer is rare and I have started this blog because I wanted people to feel more comfortable with Accessory Navicular Syndrome. I was very sad this weekend and I am feeling much better this week. I would like to take a moment and thank all my friends and family for being very supportive when they found out. I researched and found that testicular cancer is a curable one, so I am feeling very blessed and lucky in the fact that getting cancer would suck, but at least it would be a curable one. I will post updates as I find out whether this is testicular cancer, but both doctors have told me that it looks more than likely. Anyways, on a more positive note, I hope you all have a great Valentine's Day today! As always, feel free to contact me with an questions or comments.
Today I received my new custom orthotics!!! I haven't gotten new ones in a very long time (roughly 5 years) and these are my first ones that I ordered post-op. As you could see if you looked at my old ones from the previous post, these ones don't have a dip for my accessory navicular bone as it was removed from my right foot. They said to start wearing them 6 hours a day and to wear them one hour more for everyday that passes. I can't wait to try these and let you all know how it goes and just to emphasize what my podiatrist told me... If you have orthotics, make sure to get new ones about every 2 years. Also as far as insurance, before my old ones cost $500, but with my new insurance, these cost $200. If you guys have any questions or concerns, please message me. Also, if you are interested in writing a guest post, please let me know and we'll set something up. Have a great day!!!
Hello everybody! First off, thank you to all who have wrote me kind words for starting this blog. For those who haven't read my blog, my name is Leo and I had surgery last April to remove my accessory ossicle navicular bone. There are not many people who write about their experience with surgery, so I decided to write about mine. This week I'm on vacation and have been walking up and down the hill near my house with a total distance of 1.5 miles and a total of 8 flights climbed according to my iPhone. I do not get pain from walking this distance, which is a huge improvement from the pain I would feel before the surgery. Since I've turned 26 last year, I changed insurance and have not had follow up appointments with the podiatrist whom performed surgery on me. As you can probably tell in the pictures, I have had my custom orthotics for many years now and the right one was shaped to hold my accessory navicular. Since I don't have that bone anymore, I decided to go to my new podiatrist and get an opinion to see if I need a new pair of orthotics. The doctor told me that I should get them and wrote me a prescription to get new ones. I have an appointment later this week with the contracted orthotic place to get fit. I will update the blog again when I start wearing my new orthotics and tell you how it affects my walking. If you have any questions or concerns, feel free to message me and we could chat. Hope you all have an awesome day or night (depending when you read this)!!!!
Hello to all who are new to this site! My name is Leonel Garcia Jr. and six months ago, April 21, 2017, I had my right accessory navicular bone removed. It took about two months to heal and finish physical therapy. Now I feel almost 100% back to normal as I could jump and balance on my right foot. However, I have learned to live life a bit more carefully. I have been trying to slowly progress back into cycling and walking by doing mild exercise through out my recovery process. Today was my first time riding my bike on a trail and I rode for twelve miles overall. I want people to know that this surgery was successful so far!!!! I will keep updating my site, but if any one has any questions, please don't hesitate to send a message. Have a great day!!!
A few weeks ago, I messaged the Genetic and Rare Diseases Information Center requesting that they add accessory navicular syndrome as a new page. They did not, however they added it to the current page of the accessory navicular bone!
I wanted to make sure everyone who visits this site knows that if they have accessory navicular syndrome and are comfortable sharing their stories, I will post their own guest blogs on my site. The first guest blogger on my site is Raghad, a 20 year old female from Kuwait and has shared her experience before and after having surgery. I thank her for sharing her experience and I hope people will read both our experiences with the surgery. I welcome more people to contact me as I would like to get a demographic of the prevalence of accessory navicular syndrome.
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Leonel Garcia Jr.I made this blog to talk about my experience with Accessory Navicular Syndrome |