Thanks everyone! It was so great to do a ride that long and feel good after. Now I can't wait to tackle some longer rides and more hills.

Ahh, the wonderful neuromas. Shortly after I started cycling my feet started bothering me. Numbness, pain, tingling. I even asked my neighbor/guru about it. I decided to keep going and see if it went away. Nope, I ended up not being able to walk one morning and decided it was time to see the doctor.

Luckily my podiatrist is a cyclist and knew what questions to ask me. He was not impressed that I was having so much trouble in regular tennis shoes on MB pedals. We briefly discussed options, which were pretty limited. Has your Dr. mentioned alcohol shots to you? It's a non-surgical way of shrinking and deadening the nerve. I had to go in for 5 shots spaced 2 weeks apart in my right foot. The left was not nearly so bad and we only did one shot there. The shots are alcohol based with some cortisone.

The good news is I think it worked. I still have some numbness but no pain! The bad news is the shots hurt like H*LL!! I had a very hard time making myself go back after the first one. Then my foot would have a numb, throbbing, weird feeling for 3-5 days after. He didn't restrict my riding but I did lay off because my foot felt so strange. Dr. also told me that when I'm ready for clipless to go with MB shoes since they're wider.

What have you done so far for the neuromas? I hope you can get it taken care of. Sore feet are miserable!

Lora